4 Yet, while the shore on either side 5 Great Source of wisdom! teach my heart 361 Welcome eternal day. Rom. xiii, 11-14. 1 Pet. iv, 7. SERVANTS of God! awake! arise! 2 Swift on the wings of time it flies, 3 For few indeed their round shall run, Ere all its glories stand reveal'd C. M. 4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course! Ye mortal powers, decay! 362 Fast as ye bring the night of death, L. M. Praise for the mercies of the revolving year. Ps. lxv, 11. 1 ETERNAL Source of every joy! 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, 3 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, 4 Here in thy house let incense rise, 363 C. M. Preparation for eternity. Job xvi, 22. Ps. xxxix, 4. 1 REMARK, my soul, the narrow bounds How swift the weeks complete their rounds! 2 So fast eternity comes on, 3 Waken, O God! my trifling heart That I may act the Christian's part, 4 So shall their course more grateful roll, Or this shall bear my happy soul 364 Uncertainty of Life. Prov. xxvii, 1. Isa. xxviii, 15. L. M. Zech. i, 5. 1 GOD of our life! thy constant care With blessing crowns the op'ning year; This transient state Thou dost prolong, And wake anew our annual song. 2 How many kindred souls are fled To swell the millions of the dead, Since from this day the changing sun Through his last yearly course has run! 3 We yet survive; but who can say, Or through the year, or month, or day, We shall retain this vital breath, Thus far at least in league with death? 4 That breath is thine, eternal God! "Tis thine to fix our soul's abode; We hold our life from Thee alone, On earth, or in the world unknown. 5 To Thee our spirits we resign; 365 Make them and own them still as thine; Life but a dream. Ps. xc, 9. 1 WHILE with ceaseless course the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here: They have done with all below; We a little longer wait, But how little none can know. D. 7's. 2 As the winged arrow flies Bear us down life's rapid stream; 3 Thanks for mercies past receive; 366 Bless thy word to young and old; God our Guardian through the year. Deut. xi, 12. L.M. Josh. iii, 4. 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, |