Support the state, preserve the King, 5 But should the dread decree be past, May stedfast faith still hold us fast 6 Whatever be our destined case, Give us thy Gospel and thy grace ;— 1 BEHOLD, O Lord! before thy throne, 2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand Yet mercy spares this guilty land; 3 And why, great God! are we thus spared, Ungrateful as we are? Oh! be these awful warnings heard, 4 What numerous crimes increasing rise, What land so favour'd of the skies! 5 Turn us, O turn us, blessed Lord! Then shall our hearts obey thy word, 6 O hear our prayers, and grant us aid; Heal the sad breach that sin hath made HYMN 82. (C. M. DUBLIN.) Thanksgivings for peace. 1 HELP us, O Lord! with humble minds 2 May we, from war's destructions saved, And with our hearts, and lives, and tongues 3 From whence do wars and fightings come, A scourge to every age? Come they not hence, e'en of men's lusts, 4 Hasten the glorious time, foretold When, from the greatest, to the least, 5 Nation shall not 'gainst nation rise, The sword shall be to plough-shares turn'd; To pruning-hooks the spear.* 6 From Satan's long usurp'd domain Then with each other we shall dwell God's goodness in appointing means of grace. 1 WHEN Israel, by divine command, The pathless desert trod, They found, e'en in that dreary land, 2 A cloudy pillar mark'd their road,† 3 Like them, we have a rest in view, 4 Yes, in this barren wilderness, By his appointed means of grace, 5 His word a light before us spreads, * Isa. ii. 4. † Ex. xiii. 21. 6 O may we not, like them, abuse Nor such stupendous love refuse; HYMN 84. (s. M. FAGIUS.) The Gospel glad tidings of greal joy. 1 How beauteous are their feet,* 2 How blessed are our ears,t 3 How blessed are our eyes, That see this heavenly light; 4 Make bare thine arm, O Lord! HYMN 85. (C. M. DUBLIN.) The Sower. Matt. xiii. 3. 1 YE sons of earth, prepare the plough; Break up your fallow ground; ‡ Isa. lii. 8, &c. † Matt. xiii. 16. 17. Jer. iv. 3. The Sower is gone forth to sow, 4 The beaten path, and highway-side, Let the same hand that gives the seed HYMN 86. (C. M. HEPHZIBA.) The light and glory of the Scriptures. 1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the truth to sight; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic as the sun; |