4 So Abrah'm, by divine command, Left his own house to walk with God; His faith beheld the promis'd land, And fir'd his zeal along the road. 275 HYMN 162. B. 2. C. M. St. Davids, St. Asaphs. Meditation of heaven; or, the joy of faith. 1 MY thoughts surmount these lower skies. And look within the veil ; There springs of endless pleasure rise, 2 There I behold, with sweet delight, 3 His promise stands forever firm, 4 Light are the pains that nature brings; 5 I would not be a stranger still 276} HYMN 14. B. 1. L. M. Truro, Portugal. The triumph of faith; or, Christ's unchangeable love. 1 WHO shall the Lord's elect condemn? 'Tis God that justifies their souls; And mercy, like a mighty stream, O'er all their sins divinely rolls. 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? "Tis Christ that suffer'd in their stead; And, the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead! 3 He lives! he lives! and sits above, Forever interceding there: Who shall divide us from his love, Or what should tempt us to despair? 4 Shall persecution, or distress, Famine, or sword, or nakedness? He that hath lov'd us bears us through, And makes us more than conquerors too. 5 Faith hath an overcoming power; It triumphs in the dying hour; Christ is our life, our joy, our hope, Nor can we sink with such a prop. 6 Not all that men on earth can do, Nor powers on high, nor powers below, Shall cause his mercy to remove, Or wean our hearts from Christ our love. 277} FEAR AND HOPE. PSALM 119. 13th Part. C. M. 6 Holy fear, and tenderness of conscience. Verses 10. 1 WITH my whole heart I've sought thy face, O let me never stray From thy commands, O God of grace, Nor tread the sinner's way! Verse 11. 2 Thy word I've hid within my heart, Verses 63, 53, 158. 3 I'm a companion of the saints, 4 While sinners do thy gospel wrong, 5 My heart with sacred reverence hears 6 My God, I long, I hope, I wait While thy whole law is my delight, 278 PSALM 42. 1st Part. C. M. or b Swanwick, Barby. Desertion and hope; or, complaint of absence from public wor ship. 1 WITH earnest longings of the mind, 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, 3 Temptations vex my weary soul, "And where's your God at last?" 4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now Then to thy house did numbers go, 5 But why, my soul, sunk down so far Why do my thoughts indulge despair, 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand For I shall yet before him stand, 279 PSALM 42. 2d Part. L. M. Portugal, Bath. Melancholy thoughts reproved; or, hope in affliction. 1 MY spirit sinks within me, Lord, But I will call thy name to mind, And times of past distress record, When I have found my God was kind. 2 Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise, Swell like a sea, and round me spread; Thy water-spouts drown all my joys, And rising waves roll o'er my head. 3 Yet will the Lord command his love. When I address his throne by day; Nor in the night his grace remove; The night shall hear me sing and pray.. 4 I'll cast myself before his feet, And say, "My God, my heavenly rock! "Why doth thy love so long forget "The soul that groans beneath thy stroke??? 5. I'll chide my heart that sinks so low, Why should my soul indulge her grief? Hope in the Lord, and praise him too: He is my rest, my sure relief. 6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still; Thy word shall my best thoughts employ, And lead me to thine holy hill, My God, my most exceeding joy! 280 PSALM 77. 1st Part. C. M. b Melancholy assaulting, and hope prevailing. 1 TO God I cry'd with mournful voice, In the sad day when troubles rose, 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights, My soul refus'd relief; I thought on God, the just and wise, My God, thy wrath forbade my rest, 4 My overwhelming sorrows grew 5 I call'd back years and ancient times, My spirit search'd for secret crimes, "That might withhold thy grace. 6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind, And will the Lord no more be kind? 7 Will he foreɣer cast me off? His promise ever fail? Hath he forgot his tender love? |