LIFE, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ETERNITY. 455. L. M. WATTS. God eternal, and Man mortal. Ps. 90. 1 THROUGH every age, eternal God, 2 Long hadst thou reigned ere time began, And long thy kingdom shall endure, 3 But man, weak man, is born to die, Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just, 4 A thousand of our years amount 456. C. M. WATTS. The Same. Ps. 90. 1 OUR God, our help in ages past, 2 Before the hills in order stood, 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Short as the watch that ends the night, 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand, 6 Our God, our help in ages past, Be thou our guard while troubles last, 457. L. M. DODDRIDGE. The steady Lapse of Time. 1 GOD of eternity! from thee Did infant time his being draw; 2 Silent and slow they glide away; The boundless gulf from whence it rose. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men, Before the rapid streams, are borne On to the everlasting home, Whence not one soul can e'er return. 4 Yet, while the shore on either side 5 Great source of wisdom! teach my heart 458. S. M. DODDRIDGE. The rapid Flow of Time. 1 How swift the torrent rolls That bears us to the sea! The tide that bears our thoughtless souls To vast eternity! 2 Our fathers, where are they, With all they called their own? Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares, And wealth and honor, gone. 3 God of our fathers! hear; Thou everlasting Friend! While we, as on life's utmost verge, Our souls to thee commend. 4 Of all the pious dead May we the footsteps trace, Till with them in the land of light We dwell before thy face. 459. C. M. *MRS. STEELE. Scenes of Time, transient; of Futurity, endless. 1 How long shall earth's alluring toys Detain our hearts and eyes, Regardless of immortal joys, And strangers to the skies! 2 These transient scenes will soon decay; They fade upon the sight; And quickly will their brightest day 3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain! 4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly To those bright worlds beyond the sky, 5 There joys, unseen by mortal eyes, In ever-blooming prospects rise, 6 Thither, on faith's sublimest wing, To those bright scenes where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies. 460. L. M. MRS. STEELE. The Shortness of Time, and Frailty of Man. Ps. 39. 1 ALMIGHTY Maker of my frame, 2 My days are shorter than a span; 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show! 4 O, be a nobler portion mine: 5 Save me by thine almighty arm |