305. c. M. DODDRIDGE. The importance of living for eternity. 1. THE day approacheth, O The great decisive day, my soul, Which from the verge of mortal life 2. Another day more awful dawns, 3. Yet does one short preparing hour, Rouse thee, my soul, with all thy power, With me my brethren soon must die, 5. For this, thy temple, Lord, we throng, Here may our service be approved, 306. L. M. WATTS. The day of mercy and hope. 1. LIFE is the time to serve the Lord, 2. Life is the hour that God hath given 3. The living know that they must die: They have no share in all that's done 4. Then what my thoughts design to do, 307. c. M. WATTS. The frailty and importance of human life. 1. THEE we adore, eternal name! 2. Our wasting lives grow shorter still, 3. The year rolls round, and steals away 4. Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around To hurry mortals home. 5. Great God! on what a slender thread Hang everlasting things ; 6. Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, 308. c. M. DODDRIDGE. The near approach to salvation a motive to diligence. 1. AWAKE, ye saints, and raise your eyes, Awake, and praise that sovereign love 2. On all the wings of time it flies; 3. Not many years their rounds shall run, 4. Ye wheels of nature, speed your course; Fast as ye bring the night of death The shortness of life, and the goodness of God. 1. TIME, what an empty vapour 'tis ! 2. Our life is ever on the wing, The moment when our lives begin, 3. Yet, mighty God, our fleeting days Yet with the bounties of thy grace N 4. Thy goodness runs an endless round; Thy mercy never knows a bound, 5. Thus we begin the lasting song ; 510. L. M. DODDRIDGE. Praise to God through life and in death. 1. GOD of my life, through all its days 2. When anxious cares would break my rest, 3. When death o'er nature shall prevail, 4. But O! when that last conflict's o'er, |