They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.
3 I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.

4 Our glorious Leader claims our praise,
For his own pattern given,

While the long cloud of witnesses
Shows the same path to heaven.

"That ye through his Poverty might be rich." 1 O'ER the dark wave of Galilee

The gloom of twilight gathers fast,
And on the waters drearily

Descends the fitful evening blast.

RUSSELL.

2 The weary bird hath left the air,
And sunk into his sheltered nest;
The wandering beast has sought his lair,
And laid him down to welcome rest.
3 Still near the lake, with weary tread,
Lingers a form of human kind;
And on his lone, unsheltered head
Flows the chill night-damp of the wind.
4 Why seeks he not a home of rest?
Why seeks he not a pillowed bed?
Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest;
He hath not where to lay his head.
5 Such was the lot he freely chose,
To bless, to save the human race;
And through his poverty there flows
A rich, full stream of heavenly grace.

260.

C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

Singing the Song of the Redeemed.

1 SING we the song of those who stand
Around th' eternal throne,

Of every kindred, clime, and land,
A multitude unknown.

2 Life's poor distinctions vanish here;
To-day, the young, the old,
Our Saviour and his flock, appear
One Shepherd and one fold.
3 Toil, trial, suffering, still await
On earth the pilgrim's throng;
Yet learn we, in our low estate,
The church triumphant's song.
4" Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain,"
Cry the redeemed above,
"Blessing and honor to obtain,
And everlasting love."

5 Worthy the Lamb," on earth we sing,
"Who died our souls to save ;

Henceforth, O Death, where is thy sting?
Thy victory, O Grave?"

6 Then hallelujah! power and praise
To God in Christ be given;
May all who now this anthem raise
Renew the song in heaven!

1 NOT to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke;
Not to the thunder of that word

Which God on Sinai spoke ;-
2 But we are come to Zion's hill,
The city of our God,

WATTS.

Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold the great, the glorious host
Of angels, clothed in light;
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight;
4 Behold the blest assembly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven;
And God, the Judge of all, declares
Their sins to be forgiven.

5 The saints on earth, and all the dead,
But one communion make;

All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his grace partake.

6 In such society as this

My weary soul would rest:

The man that dwells where Jesus is
Must be for ever blest.

Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.
1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 For him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head ;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.
4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns;
The joyful prisoner bursts his chains,

WATTS.

And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen.

263.

L. M.

Sleeping in Jesus.

MRS. MACKAY.

1 ASLEEP in Jesus! blesséd sleep!
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the dread of foes.
2 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woes, shall dim that hour,
Which manifests the Saviour's power.
3 Asleep in Jesus! time nor space
Debars this precious hiding-place ;
On Indian plains, or Lapland snows,
Believers find the same repose.
4 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But thine is still a blesséd sleep,

From which none ever wakes to weep.

264.

L. M.

Example of the Saviour.

1 AND is the gospel peace and love?
So let our conversation be;
The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom and meek simplicity.

2 Whene'er the angry passions rise,

STEELE.

And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, On Jesus let us fix our eyes,

Bright pattern of the Christian life!

2 O, how benevolent and kind!

How mild! how ready to forgive!
Be this the temper of our mind,

And his the rules by which we live.
4 To do his Heavenly Father's will
Was his employment and delight :
Humanity and holy zeal

Shone through his life divinely bright!
5 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labors of his life were love;
If, then, we love our Saviour's name,
Thus let us our relation prove.

Example of Christ.

1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.

WATTS.

2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.
3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer,
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict, and thy victory, too.
4 Be thou my pattern; may I bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.

Attraction of the Cross.
BEHOLD th' amazing sight,
The Saviour lifted high!

DODDRIDGE.