C. M. SIXTEENTH PART. Plymouth. [b] P1 MY soul lies cleaving to the dust; From vain desires and every lust, e 2 I need the influence of thy grace, Ver. 107. 3 When sore afflictions press me down, Ver. 156, 40. e 4 Are not thy mercies sovereign still? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal, Ver. 159, 40. 5 Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face? e And yet how slow my spirits move, Without enlivening grace! -6 Then shall I love thy gospel more, When I have felt its quickening power 1 L. M. FIRST PART. Babylon. [b] Wall my support is from thy word: THEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord, My soul dissolves for heaviness; Uphold me with thy strengthening grace. 2 The proud have framed their scoffs and lies, Ver. 161, 78. 3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause, L. M. SECOND PART. Quercy. [*] Ver. 67, 59. 'Flow kind was thy chastising rod ! That forced my conscience to a stand, P I left my guide, and lost my way, -But now I love, and keep thy word. Ver. 71. 3 'Tis good for me to bear the yoke, o 4 The law, that issues from thy mouth, Ver. 73. -5 Thy hands have made my mortal frame, o 6 Then all who love and fear the Lord, And made thy grace my only choice. 1 PSALM 120. C. M. Dorset. [* b] Complaint of Strife, and Desire for Peace. THO HOU God of love, thou ever blest, When wilt thou set my soul at rest, 2 Hard lot of mine! my days are cast Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste 3 O might I fly to change my place, 5 New passions still their souls engage, 6 Should burning arrows smite thee through, PSALM 121. L. M. Sheffield. Truro. [*] 1 Divine Protection. P to the hills I lift mine eyes, Uh eternal hills beyond the skies; Thence all her help my soul derives: g 2 He lives! the everlasting God, Who built the world, who spread the flood; -3 He guides our feet, he guards our way; o 4 Israel, a name divinely blest, -5 No sun shall smite thy head by day o 6 Should earth and hell with malice burn, Still thou shalt go, and still return, Safe in the Lord; his heavenly care Defends thy life from every snare. -7 On thee foul spirits have no power; • And, in thy last, departing hour, o Angels, who trace the airy road, Shall bear thee homeward to thy God. 1 T C. M. Mear. [*] Preservation by Day and Night. NO heaven I lift my waiting eyes, The Lord, who built the earth and skies, 2 Their feet shall never slide to fall, His ear attends the softest call; 3 He will sustain our weakest powers, And watch our most unguarded hours, 4 Israel, rejoice, and rest secure, 5 Nor scorching sun, nor sickly moon He shields thy head from burning noon, 6 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath, 1 P. M. Allerton. [*] God our Preserver. UPWARD I lift mine eyes, From God is all my aid; The God who built the skies, God is the tower To which I fly; 2 My feet shall never slide, Since God, my guard and guide, That never sleep, 3 No burning heats by day, 4 Hast thou not given thy word, Nor fear to die, Thou call me home. PSALM 122. C. M. Hymn 2d. Bethlehem. [*] 0 1 g Going to Church. How did my heart rejoice to hear "In Zion let us all appear, "And keep the solemn day!" -2 I love her gates, I love the road! 3 Up to her courts, with joys unknown, e The Son of David holds his throne, And sits in judgment there |