Wilt from the dreadful day remove My spirit hide with saints above, CXXXVII. 1. O Thou, whose tender mercy hears, Whose hand indulgent wipes the tears 2. See low before thy throne of grace, 3 And shall my guilty fears prevail 4. Absent from thee, my guide! my light ! Without one cheering ray: Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night, How desolate my way ! 5. Oh! shine on this benighted heart, CXXXVIII. 1. Sweet Peace of Conscience, heav'nly 2. Come smiling Hope, and Joy sincere, Come, make your constant dwelling here; Still let your presence cheer my heart, Nor sin compel you to depart. 3. Thou God of hope, and peace divine, 4. Then should mine eyes without a tear, 5. Nay should the frame of nature fall, 6. Yes, far beyond these lower skies CXXXIX. 1. Cor. 13. 1. Tho' perfect Eloquence adorn'd 2. Tho' prophecy my soul inspir'd, (tain!! 3. Nay tho' my Faith with boundless pow'r,& The mountain could remove; I still am nothing if I'm void, 3 4. Altho' with liberal hand I gave, 5. Oh! Saviour, send this heav'nly grace CXL. 1. Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade, 3. There if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what Peace, and Joy, and Love, She communes with her God! 4. There like the Nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. 5. Author and Guardian of my life, 6. What thanks I owe thee, and what love, A boundless, endless store, Shall echo thro' the realms above, CXLI. 1. WORLD, adieu thou real cheat Oft have thy deceitful charms Fill'd my heart with fond conceit Foolish hopes and false alarms, Now I see as clear as day : How thy follies pass away. |