HYMN 204. L. P. M. Devotion. Daily Duties. 1 W [*] Dependence and Enjoyment. Rom. xiv. 8.-Morning or Evening. THEN, streaming from the eastern skies O Sun of Righteousness divine, On me with beams of mercy shine; 2 When, to heaven's great and glorious King, And, mourning o'er my guilt and shame, 3 As every day thy mercy spares 7 When each day's scenes and labours close, With pardoning mercy richly blest, And, as each morning sun shall rise, HYMN 205. C. M. Barby. St. Ann's. | b] Religion the One Thing needful. 1Rof mortals here below; OELIGION is the chief concern May I its great importance learn, 2 More needful this than glittering wealth, 3 Religion should our thoughts engage, "Twill fit us for declining age, And for the awful tomb. 4 O may my heart by grace renewed, And be my stubborn will subdued, 5 Let deep repentance, faith and love And all my conversation prove 6 Preserve me from the snares of sin, And in me let each virtue shine, 7 Let lively hope my soul inspire; And may I wait with strong desire FAWCETT HYMN 206. C. M. Devizes. [*] Spring. WHE THEN verdure clothes the fertile vale, And fragrance breathes in every gale, e 2 Hark! how the feathered warblers sing! e Soft music hails the lovely spring, 0 And woods and fields rejoice. -3 How kind the influence of the skies! e 4 Then let my wondering heart confess, The bounteous Hand that deigns to bless g 5 That bounteous Hand my thoughts adore, Hath better, nobler gifts in store, e 6 0 God of nature and of grace, o 7 Inspired to praise, I then shall join And love and gratitude divine STEELE. HYMN 207. 8s. Uxbridge. [*] 1 H The daisies and cowslips are seen! W sweetly, along the gay mead, The flocks, as they carelessly feed, 2 The vines that encircle the bowers, The herbage that springs from the sod, Trees, plants, cooling fruits, and sweet flowers, e 3 Shall man, the great master of all, d Forbid it, fair gratitude's callForbid it, devotion and love. g 4 The Lord, who such wonders can raise, And still can destroy with a nod, My lips shall incessantly praise- 1 HYMN 208. C. M. Doxology. [*] T 10 praise the ever-bounteous Lord, He calls and at his voice come forth g 2 His covenant with the earth he keeps; o 3 Well pleased the toiling swains behold With joy they bear the sheaves away, 4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow The harvest shall by far exceed 1 RIPPON. HYMN 209. C. M. Abridge. [b] Prayer for Rain. TOW may the Lord of earth and skies "Tis he who bids the vapours rise, And showers abundant fall. 2 On thee, our God, we all depend, 4 Let grace come down, like copious rain, On Zion's drooping field: So shall our souls revive again, And fruit abundant yield o 5 Then smiling nature shall express Her mighty Maker's praise; And we, the children of thy grace, Join her harmonious lays. BURDER'S COL. HYMN 210. L. M. Psalm 97th. [* b] Autumn. 1 EE how brown autumn spreads the field! Behold them to the reapers yield,— are The wheat is saved-the tares are burned. e 2 Thus the great Judge, with glory crowned, Descends to reap the ripened earth; g Angelic guards attend him down, The same who sang his humble birth. 3 In sounds of glory hear him speak, 4" Go, burn the chaff in endless fire, "And sink in guilt-to deep despair." a 5 Thus ends the harvest of the earth :-Angels obey the awful voice; d They save the wheat-they burn the chaff;— g All heaven approves the sovereign choice. HYMN 211. C. M. Hymn 2d. [b *] ST Winter. TERN Winter throws his icy chains, p How bleak, how comfortless the plains, e 2 The sun withdraws his vital beams, And drooping, lifeless nature seems 3 My heart, where mental winter reigns p Confined in cold inactive chainsHow desolate and sad |