-2 If I am e'er constrain'd to stay 3 I'll scarce allow my lips to speak o 4 Yet if some proper hour appear, o But let the scoffing sinners hear, C. M. 2nd Part. Bangor. Canterbury. [b] 1 TE I would survey life's narrow space, e 2 A span is all that we can boast, Man is but vanity and dust, In all his flower and prime. e 3 See the vain race of mortals move, Like shadows o'er the plain; o They rage and strive, desire and love, But all their noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show; They toil for heirs they know not who e 5 What should I wish, or wait for, then, e They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. --6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, I give my mortal interest up, p 1 C. M. 3rd Part. Dorset. Bishopsgate. [b] G-OD Ꮐ Ver. 9-13. Sick-bed Devotion. OD of my life, look gently down, e But I am dumb before thy throne, e 3 Yet may I plead, with humble cries, My strength consumes, my spirit dies, p 4 Crush'd as a moth beneath thy hand, 5 [This mortal life decays apace, 7 But if my life be spared a while, o Thy praise shall be my business still, And I'll declare thy love. PSALM 40. C. M. 1st Part. Abridge. York. [*] e 1 V. 1, 2, 3, 5, 17. A Song of Deliverance from Distress. WAITED patient for the Lord; He saw me resting on his word, -2 He rais'd me from a horrid pit, And from my bonds releas'd my feet, o 3 Firm on a rock he made me stand, To praise the wonders of his hand, o 4 I'll spread his works of grace abroad; God e 5 How many are thy thoughts of love! -We have not words, nor hours enough, 6 When I'm afflicted, poor and low, C. M. 2nd Part. Sunday. Bethlehem. [*] Ver. 6-9. The Incarnation and Sacrifice of Christ. d 1 HUS saith the Lord, 'Your work is vam, 'Give your burnt off'rings o'er; THUS 'In dying goats, and bullocks slain, My soul delights no more.' 2 Then spake the Saviour, Lo, I'm here, 3 ['Thy law is ever in my sight, o 4 And see-the blest Redeemer comes- And at the appointed time assumes -5 Much he reveal'd his Father's grace, And preach'd the way of righteousness, e 6 His Father's honour touch'd his heart, And, to fulfil a Saviour's part, Was made a sacrifice. p 7 No blood of beasts, on altars shed, Could wash the conscience clean; o But the rich sacrifice he paid Atones for all our sin. o 8 Then was the great salvation spread, Ver. 5-10. Christ our Sacrifice. 1[THE wonders, Lord, thy love has wrought, Exceed our praise,surmount our thought; Should I attempt the long detail, My speech would faint, my numbers fail. o 3 Lo! thine eternal Son appears, 6 7 'The Spirit shall descend and show What thou hast done, and what I do; "The wond'ring world shall learn thy grace, "Thy wisdom and thy righteousness.'] PSALM 41. L. M. Armley. Shoel. [*] LEST is the man, whose bowels move, And melt with pity to the poor; p Whose soul, by sympathizing love, Feels what his fellow saints endure. 2 His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do. e He, in a time of general grief, -Shall find the Lord has mercy too. 3 His soul shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head ; o When drought, and pestilence, and dearth, Around him multiply their dead. e 4 Or, if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiven; o Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heaven. PSALM 42. C. M. 1st Part. Plymouth. [b] Ver. 1-5. Desertion and Hope. 1 e WITH earnest longings of the mind, My God, to thee I look ; -So pants the hunted hart to find, And taste the cooling brook. e 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, e So long an absence from thy face -The foe insults without control, d p 4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now Then to thy-house did numbers go, e 5 But why, my soul, sunk down so far, Why do my thoughts indulge despair, -6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand o For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. p L. M. Babylon. [*] Ver. 6-11. Hope in Affliction. P1 MY spirit sinks within me, Lord— But I will call thy name to mind, |