Remember, too, thy promised word,* "Israel at last shall seek the Lord."

3 Though outcasts still, estranged from Thee, Cut off from their own olive tree,

Why should they longer such remain? For Thou canst graft them in again. 4 Lord! put thy law+ within their hearts, And write it in their inward parts; The veil of darkness rend in two, Which hides Messiah from their view. 5 O haste the day foretold so long,

When Jew and Greek (a glorious throng!) One house shall seek, one prayer shall pour, And one Redeemer shall adore.

For the success of Christian Missionaries.

1 MARK'D as the purpose of the skies,
This promise meets our anxious eyes,
That heathen lands the Lord shall know,
And warm'd with faith, each bosom glow.
2 E'en now the hallow'd scenes appear,
E'en now unfolds the promised year;
Lo! distant shores thy heralds trace,
And wing the tidings of thy grace.

3 'Midst burning climes, and frozen plains,
Where heathen darkness brooding reigns,
Lord! mark their steps, their fears subdue,
And nerve their arm, and clear their view.
4 When, worn by toil, their spirits fail,
Bid them the glorious future hail;
+ Jer. xxxi. 13.

*Rom. xi. 26.

Bid them the crown of life survey, And onward urge their conquering way. 5 So on the Indian's gloomy night, The eastern star shall shed her light, And Jesus' hallow'd reign control The stormy passions of the soul. 6 So shall Messiah's influence cheer His humble cot, which still is dear; And heavenly hope his soul pervade, Though life, and time, and worlds shall fade.

HYMN 238.

(C. M. ST. JAMES's.)

The helplessness of man by nature.

1 How helpless guilty nature lies,
Unconscious of its load!
The heart unchanged can never rise
To happiness and God.

2 The will perverse, the passions blind,
In paths of ruin stray;
Reason debased, can never find
The safe and narrow way.

3 No power beneath a power divine
Can our proud wills subdue;

Tis thine, Almighty Saviour! thine,
To form the heart anew.

4 'Tis thine our footsteps to recal,
And point to joys on high,
And make the scales of error fall
From reason's darken'd eye.

5 O! change these sinful hearts of ours, And from pollution free;

So shall our souls, with all their powers,
Be guided, Lord, by Thee.
HYMN 239.

(L. M. SHEFFIELD.)

The Christian animated with the thought of heaven.
1 As when the weary traveller gains
The height of some o'erlooking hill,
His heart revives, if 'cross the plains,
He sees his home, though distant still:-
2 So when the Christian-pilgrim views,
By faith, his mansion in the skies,
The sight his fainting strength renews,
And wings his speed to reach the skies.
3 The hope of heaven his Spirit cheers;
No more he grieves for sorrows past;
Nor any future conflict fears,

So he may safe arrive at last.
4 Jesus! on Thee our hopes we stay,
To lead us on to thine abode;
Assured thy love will far repay
The hardest labours of the road.
HYMN 240.

(L. M. JUDGMENT.)

Christ's second coming.

1 THE Lord shall come! the earth shall quake;
The mountains to their centre shake;
And, withering from the vault of night,
The stars shall pale their feeble light.
2 The Lord shall come! but not the same
As once in lowly guise He came;
A silent Lamb before his foes,
A weary man, and full of woes.

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3 The Lord shall come! a dreadful form,
With rainbow-wreath and robes of storm ;
On cherub-wings, and wings of wind,
Anointed Judge of all mankind.
4 While sinners to the rocks complain,
And seek the mountain's shade in vain,
The saints, ascending from the tomb,
Shall joyful sing, "The Lord is come!"
HYMN 241.

1 IN the

(P. M. HARTS.)

Signs of Christ's second coming.
sun, and moon, and stars,

Signs and wonders there shall be,
Earth shall quake with inward wars,
Nations with perplexity.

2 Soon shall ocean's hoary deep,

Tost with stronger tempests, rise;
Wilder storms the mountain sweep,
Louder thunder rock the skies.
3 Evil thoughts shall shake the proud;
Racking doubt and restless fear;
And, amid the thunder cloud,

Shall the Judge of men appear!

4 But though from his awful face
Heaven shall fade, and earth shall fly,
Fear not ye, his chosen race,
Your redemption draweth nigh.
HYMN 242.

(P. M. GERMAN.)

Reflections on the new year.

1 WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun

Roll'd along the former year,

Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here.
2 As the winged arrow flies,
Swift its destined mark to find,.
As the lightning from the skies
Darts and leaves no trace behind ;-
3 Thus with speed our fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream;
Lord! on high our wishes raise;
All on earth is but a dream..
4 Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;

Teach us henceforth how to live
With the eternal world in view.

5 Guide the young,, and warn the old;
Bid all seek the Saviour's love;
So when life's brief tale is told,
All shall dwell with Thee above.

HYMN 243.

(c. M. WARWICK.)
For Evening.

1 DREAD Sovereign, let our evening songs Like holy incense rise;

Assist the offerings of our tongues,
To reach the lofty skies.

2 Through all the dangers of the day
Thy hand was still our guard;
And still to drive our wants away,
Thy mercy stood prepared.

3 Perpetual blessings from above
Encompass us around!!

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