2 If earthly parents hear
Their children when they cry;
If they, with love sincere,
Their varied wants supply,
Much more wilt Thou Thy love display,
And answer when Thy children pray.
3 Our heavenly Father, Thou;
We, children of Thy grace:
Oh, let Thy Spirit now
Descend and fill the place:
So shall we feel the heavenly flame,
And all unite to praise Thy name.
4 And send Thy Spirit down
On all the nations, Lord,
With great success to crown
The preaching of Thy word;
Till heathen lands shall own Thy sway,
And cast their idol gods away.
Tand days, how swift they are;
IME! what an empty vapour 'tis !
Swift as the feathered arrow flies,
Or swifter shooting star.
2 The present moments just appear,
Then glide away in haste;
Ere we can say, "Behold them here,"
They are for ever past.
3 Yet, mighty God! our fleeting days
Thy constant favours share;
And the rich bounties of Thy grace
Crown each succeeding year.
4 "Tis sovereign mercy finds us food,
And we are clothed by love;
While truth stands pointing out the road
Which leads to joys above.
5 His goodness runs an endless round,
All glory to the Lord!
His favours are without a bound,
And be His name adored!
6 Thus we begin the lasting song;
And when we close our eyes,
Let age to age His praise prolong,
Till time and nature dies.
1 ET others make their empty boasts,
Nor death nor danger fear;
But we'll confess, O Lord of hosts,
What feeble things we are.
2 Upright as grass our bodies stand,
And flourish fair and strong;
A furious storm sweeps o'er the land
And lays the grass along.
3 Our life contains a thousand springs,
And fails if one be wrong;
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
2 If earthly parents hear
Their children when they cry;
If they, with love sincere,
Their varied wants supply,
Much more wilt Thou Thy love display,
And answer when Thy children pray.
3 Our heavenly Father, Thou;
We, children of Thy grace :
Oh, let Thy Spirit now
Descend and fill the place:
So shall we feel the heavenly flame,
And all unite to praise Thy name.
4 And send Thy Spirit down
On all the nations, Lord,
With great success to crown
The preaching of Thy word;
Till heathen lands shall own Thy sway,
And cast their idol gods away.
1 IME! what an empty vapour 'tis !
And days, how swift they are;
Swift as the feathered arrow flies,
Or swifter shooting star.
2 The present moments just appear,
Then glide away in haste;
Ere we can say, "Behold them here,"
They are for ever past.
3 Yet, mighty God! our fleeting days
Thy constant favours share;
And the rich bounties of Thy grace
Crown each succeeding year.
4 'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food,
And we are clothed by love;
While truth stands pointing out the road
Which leads to joys above.
5 His goodness runs an endless round,
All glory to the Lord!
His favours are without a bound,
And be His name adored!
6 Thus we begin the lasting song;
And when we close our eyes,
Let age to age His praise prolong,
Till time and nature dies.
ET others make their empty boasts,
Nor death nor danger fear;
But we'll confess, O Lord of hosts,
What feeble things we are.
2 Upright as grass our bodies stand,
And flourish fair and strong;
A furious storm sweeps o'er the land
And lays the grass along.
3 Our life contains a thousand springs,
And fails if one be wrong;
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
4 'Tis the same power supports us still,
That gave us breath at first;
How wondrous is the mighty skill
That formed us from the dust.
5 While we have breath, or use our tongues, Our Maker we'll adore;
And may his grace tune all our songs,
Now and for evermore.
1 HEE we adore, Eternal Name,
And at Thy feet confess,
How brittle is our mortal frame!
How feeble is our race!
2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still,
As months and days increase;
And every beating pulse we tell
Leaves but the number less.
3 Time hastens on, and takes away
The breath our Maker gave;
The rapid stream for none will stay,
But sweeps us to the grave.
4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground To bring us to the tomb;
And fierce diseases wait around
To hurry mortals home.
5 Alas! on what a slender thread
Hang everlasting things!
The eternal state of all the dead
Upon life's feeble strings.
6 Grant us, O Lord, a constant sense
Of danger in the road;
That when our souls are summoned hence,
They may be found with God.
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