2 What though no answering voice is heard,
Thine oracles, the written word,
Counsel and guidance still impart,
Responsive to the upright heart.

3 What though no more by dreams is shown That future things to God are known; Enough the promises reveal;

Wisdom and love the rest conceal.

4 Faith asks no signal from the skies
To show that prayers accepted rise,
Our Priest is in the holy place,
And answers from the throne of

5 No need of prophets to inquire;
The Sun is risen; the stars retire.
The Comforter is come, and sheds
His holy unction on our heads.

grace.

6 Lord, with this grace our hearts inspire;
Answer our sacrifice by fire;

And by Thy mighty acts declare
Thou art the God who heareth prayer.

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WORD of GOD incarnate!
O Wisdom from on high!

J. CONDER.

7.6. double.

O Truth unchanged, unchanging!
O Light of our dark sky!
We praise Thee for the radiance
That from the hallowed page,
A lantern to our footsteps,
Shines on from age to age.

2 The Church from her dear Master
Received the gift divine,

And still that light she lifteth
O'er all the earth to shine.
It is the golden casket,

Where gems of truths are stored;
It is the heaven-drawn picture
Of Christ the living Word.

3 It floateth like a banner
Before God's host unfurled;
It shineth like a beacon

Above the darkling world:
It is the chart and compass,
That o'er life's surging sea,
'Mid mists and rocks and quicksands,
Still guide, O Christ, to Thee.

4 O make Thy Church, dear Saviour,
A lamp of burnished gold,

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To bear before the nations
Thy true light as of old;
O teach Thy wandering pilgrims
By this their path to trace,
Till clouds and darkness ended,
They see Thee face to face!

W. W. HOW.

THE heavens declare Thy glory, Lord;
In every star Thy wisdom shines;

But when our eyes behold Thy word,
We read Thy name in fairer lines.

2 The rolling sun, the changing light,

L.M.

And nights and days Thy power confess; But the blest volume Thou hast writ, Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.

3 Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand So when Thy truth began its race,

;

It touched and glanced on every land. 4 Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world Thy truth has run : Till Christ has all the nations blessed, That see the light, or feel the sun.

5 Great Sun of righteousness, arise,

Bless the dark world with heavenly light; Thy gospel makes the simple wise, Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right. 6 Thy noblest wonders here we view, In souls renewed and sins forgiven; Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make Thy word my guide to heaven.

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WATTS.

THE Spirit breathes upon the word,
And brings the truth to sight;

Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.

2 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun;

It gives a light to every age,
It gives, but borrows none.

3 The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat:
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.

4 Let everlasting thanks be Thine,
For such a bright display,

C.M.

As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

5 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of Him I love;
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above.

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WE limit not the truth of God

To our poor reach of mind,
By notions of our day and sect,
Crude, partial, and confined;
No, let a new and better hope

COWPER.

C.M. double.

Within our hearts be stirred,-
The Lord hath yet more light and truth
To break forth from His word.

2 Who dares to bind to his dull sense
The oracles of heaven,

For all the nations, tongues, and climes,
And all the ages given?

That universe, how much unknown!
That ocean unexplored!

The Lord hath yet more light and truth
To break forth from His word.

3 Darkling our great forefathers went
The first steps of the way;

'Twas but the dawning, yet to grow
Into the perfect day.

And grow it shall; our glorious Sun
More fervid rays afford,-

The Lord hath yet more light and truth
To break forth from His word.

4 The valley's passed; ascending still,
Our souls would higher climb,
And look down from supernal heights
On all the bygone time.

Upward we press-the air is clear,
And the sphere-music heard:
The Lord hath yet more light and truth
To break forth from His word.

5 O Father, Son, and Spirit, send
Us increase from above;
Enlarge, expand all Christian souls
To comprehend Thy love:
And make us to go on to know,

With nobler powers conferred ;

The Lord hath yet more light and truth
To break forth from His word.

G. RAWSON.

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The Gospel Call.

RT thou weary, art thou languid,
Art thou sore distrest?

8.5.8.3.

'Come to Me'-saith One-' and coming,
Be at rest!'

2 Hath He marks to lead me to Him,
If He be my Guide ?

'In His feet and hands are wound-prints
And His side.'

3 Is there diadem, as monarch,
That His brow adorns ?

'Yea, a crown, in very surety,
But of thorns!'