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218.

C.M.-Anxiety reproved.

1 WE would not seek, with God our friend, With anxious care to know,

Or how, or when, our lives shall end,
Or what our lot below.

2 The same kind power that gave us breath, Still holds us in his hand;

And when he bids us sleep in death,
All wise is his command.

3 That power, whose watchful goodness feeds The warblers of the air,

And clothes with flowers the smiling meads, Shall we not be his care?

4 If lengthen'd years our lives shall crown, Then be his praise exprest;

Or if in this he cuts us down,

Still what he does is best.

5 May we the good each hour supplies,
Receive with grateful mind;

And when our fairest pleasure dies,
Be humble and resign'd.

6 How swift our moments steal away;
E'en while we speak they fly:
Then let us seize the happy day,
And only live to die.

219.

C.M.-The Saint encouraging himself in his God. 1 Sam. xxx. 6. 1 JEHOVAH! 'tis a glorious name,

Still pregnant with delight;

It scatters round a cheerful beam,
To gild the darkest night.

2 What though our mortal comforts fade,
And drop, like withering flowers?

Nor time nor death can break that band,
Which makes Jehovah ours.

3 My cares, I give you to the wind,
And shake you off like dust;
Well may I trust my all with him,
With whom my soul I trust.

220.

C.M.-God furnishing a Table in the Wilderness. Ps. lxxviii. 19, 20. 1 PARENT of universal good,

We own thy bounteous hand,
Which does so rich a table spread,
E'en in this desert land.

2 Struck by thy power, the flinty rocks,
In gushing torrents flow;
The feather'd wanderers of the air
Thy guiding instinct know.

3 The pregnant clouds, at thy command,
Rain down delicious bread,

And by light drops of pearly dew
Are numerous armies fed.

4 Supported thus, thine Israel march'd
The promis'd land to gain;
And shall thy children now begin
To seek their God in vain?

5 Are all thy stores exhausted now?
Or does thy mercy fail?

That faith should languish in our breasts,
And anxious cares prevail?

6 Ye base unworthy fears, be gone,
And wide disperse in air;
Then may I feel my Father's rod,
When I suspect his care.

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221.

S.M.-God's Care a Remedy for ours. 1 Pet. v. 7.

HOW gentle God's commands!

How kind his precepts are!

"Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,

"And trust his constant care."

2

While providence supports,
Let saints securely dwell;

That hand which bears all nature up,
Shall guide his children well.

3 Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your heavenly Father's throne,
And sweet refreshment find.

4 His goodness stands approv'd
Down to the present day;
I'll drop my burden at his feet,
And bear a song away.

222.

P.M.-The Morrow unknown. James iv. 14.

1 'TIS to us no cause of sorrow,
That we cannot tell to-day,
What it is will come to-morrow;
'Tis enough that we can say,
"He whom we our Father call,
"Knows the future-knows it all."
2 Happy they, who all committing,
To their Father's care and love,
Let him choose what most is fitting,
And of all he does approve.
They are free from anxious care;
Blest in this his people are.

3 Teach us, O our God and Father,
Teach us to obey thee thus:
Be thy choice our portion, rather
Than what might seem good to us;
'Tis not meet we should refuse,

Aught that thou, our God, shalt choose.

4 Future things with thee are present: All to come thine eye can see:

Safe it is for us, and pleasant,
Future things to trust to thee:
Then thy people happy are,

When on thee they cast their care.

223.

C.M.-God supplying the Necessities of his People. Phil. iv. 19-20. 1 MY God! how cheerful is the sound!

How pleasant to repeat!

Well may that heart with pleasure bound,
Where God hath fix'd his seat.

2 What want shall not our God supply
From his redundant stores?

What streams of mercy from on high,
An arm almighty pours!

3 From Christ, the everliving spring,
These ample blessings flow:
Prepare, my lips, his name to sing,
Whose heart hath lov'd us so.

4 Now to our Father and our God
Be endless glory given,

Through all the realms of man's abode,
And through the highest heaven.

224.

L.M.-" Give us day by day our daily bread.” Luke xi. 3.
1 OH King of earth, and air, and sea!
The hungry ravens cry to thee:
To thee the scaly tribes that sweep
The bosom of the boundless deep;
2 To thee the lions roaring call,
The common Father, kind to all!
Then grant thy servants, Lord, we pray,
Our daily bread from day to day!
3 The fishes may for food complain;
The ravens spread their wings in vain;
The roaring lions lack and pine;
But, God! Thou carest still for thine.

4 Thy bounteous hand with food can bless
The bleak and lonely wilderness;
And thou hast taught us, Lord, to pray
For daily bread from day to day.

5 And oh, when through the wilds we roam,
That part us from our heavenly home;
When lost in danger, want, and wo,
Our faithless tears begin to flow;
6 Do thou thy gracious comfort give,
By which alone the soul may live;
And grant thy servants, Lord, we pray,
The bread of life from day to day.

225.

C.M.-Acquiescence in the Divine Will.

1 SINCE all the downward tracts of time
God's watchful eye surveys,

O who so wise to choose our lot,
And regulate our ways?

2 Since none can doubt his equal love,
Unmeasurably kind:

To his unerring, gracious will,

Be every wish resign'd.

3 Good when he gives, supremely good,
Nor less when he denies;
E'en crosses from his sovereign hand,
Are blessings in disguise.

226.

L.M.-Conflict and Temptation.

1 THE billows swell, the winds are high,
Clouds overcast my wintry sky;
Out of the depths to thee I call,

My fears are great, my strength is small. 2 O Lord, the pilot's part perform,

And guide and guard me through the storm; Defend me from each threatening ill,

Control the waves, say "Peace, be still."

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