Could we not spring, on hope's bright wing, Thou art the tower of my defence, O God, to heaven and thee! The refuge where I hide. Isaac Watts ROSEDALE. L. M. 3 George Frederick Root. 1843. 672. Paternal Providence of God. THROUGH all the various shifting scene Thou givest with paternal care, All things on earth, and all in heaven, Be this my care: to all beside Samuel Collett. 673. God the Eternal Dwelling-place. EWING. 7.6. Bp. Alexander Ewing. 1861. 677. Jerusalem, the Golden. JERUSALEM, the golden! Sink heart and voice opprest. What bliss beyond compare! All jubilant with song, And all the martyr throng. And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast. Are clad in robes of white. O royal land of flowers! O realm and home of life! Bernard of Cluny. 1145. IN heavenly love abiding, No change my heart shall fear; And safe is such confiding, For nothing changes here. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid; But God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? Wherever he may guide me, No want shall turn me back; My Shepherd is beside me, And nothing can I lack. His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim ; He knows the way he taketh, And I will walk with him. Green pastures are before me, Which yet I have not seen; Bright skies will soon be o'er me Where darkest clouds have been. My hope I cannot measure, My path in life is free: My Father has my treasure, And he will walk with me. Anna L. Waring. 1850. |