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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.

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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,
The waters never fail.

2 There I behold, with sweet delight,
The blessed THREE in ONE;
And strong affections fix my sight
On God's incarnate Son.

3 His promise stands forever firm,
His grace shall ne'er depart:
He binds my name upon his arm,
And seals it on his heart.

4 Light are the pains that nature brings;
How short our sorrows are,
When with eternal future things
The present we compare!

5 I would not be a stranger still
To that celestial place,
Where I forever hope to dwell,
Near my Redeemer's face.

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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.

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FEAR AND HOPE.

PSALM 119. 13th Part. C. M. 6
Canterbury, Wantage.

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,
To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

Verses 63, 53, 158.

3 I'm a companion of the saints,
Who fear and love the Lord:
My sorrows rise, my nature faints,
When men transgress thy word.
Verses 161, 163.

4 While sinners do thy gospel wrong,
My spirit stands in awe;
My soul abhors a lying tongue,
But loves thy righteous law.
Verses 161, 120.

5 My heart with sacred reverence hears
The threatenings of thy word;
My flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.
Verses 166, 174.

6 My God, I long, I hope, I wait
For thy salvation still;

While thy whole law is my delight,
And I obey thy will.

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,
My God, to thee I look;
So pants the hunted hart to find
And taste the cooling brook.

2 When shall I see thy courts of grace,
And meet my God again?
So long an absence from thy face
My heart endures with pain.

3 Temptations vex my weary soul,
And tears are my repast;
The foe insults without control,

"And where's your God at last?"

4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now
I think on ancient days:

Then to thy house did numbers go,
And all our work was praise.

5 But why, my soul, sunk down so far
Beneath this heavy load?

Why do my thoughts indulge despair,
And sin against my God?

6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand
Can all thy woes remove;

For I shall yet before him stand,
And sing restoring love.

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!

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PSALM 77. 1st Part. C. M. b
Durham, Dundee.

Melancholy assaulting, and hope prevailing.

1 TO God I cry'd with mournful voice,
I sought his gracious ear,

In the sad day when troubles rose,
And fill'd the night with fear.

2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights, My soul refus'd relief;

I thought on God, the just and wise,
But thoughts increas'd my grief.
3 Still I complain'd, and still oppress'd,
My heart began to break :

My God, thy wrath forbade my rest,
And kept mine eyes awake.

4 My overwhelming sorrows grew
Till I could speak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And call'd thy judgments o'er.

5 I call'd back years and ancient times,
When I beheld thy face;

My spirit search'd for secret crimes, "That might withhold thy grace.

6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind,
Which I enjoy'd before:

And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more?

7 Will he foreɣer cast me off?

His promise ever fail?

Hath he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?

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