7 Then anxious to be longer spared, 8 'Tis JUDGMENTShakes him; there's the fear, And must despair to pay. 9 Pay!-Follow Christ, and all is paid: HYMN 163. (L. M. ST. ANDREW'S.) I will set the Lord always before me. 1 SAVIOUR! When night involves the skies, My soul adoring turns to Thee; Thee, self-abased in mortal guise, And wrapt in shades of death for me. 2 On Thee my bursting raptures dwell, When crimson gleams the East adorn; Thee, Victor of the grave and hell, Thee, Source of life's eternal morn. 3 When noon her throne in light arrays, To Thee my soul triumphant springs; Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze, Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings! 4 O'er earth when shades of evening steal, To death and Thee my thoughts I give; To death, whose power I soon must feel; To Thee, with whom I trust to live. HYMN 164. (P. M. GREEN.) Old things pass away. 1 LORD! when to serious thought inclined With shame each crime I number o'er, 2 These lips, with blasphemies defiled, Strange, that such lips should sing thy praise, 3 These eyes, that once abused their light, Now lift to Thee their watery sight, And weep a silent flood: These hands are raised in ceaseless prayer; Oh! cleanse them from the stains they bear, In thy redeeming blood. 4 These ears, so pleased to entertain Now deaf to such intemperate noise, 5 Oh! be Thou served in every part, The former man let grace control, HYMN 165. (C. M. OLNEY.) The Christian's desire to depart and be with Christ. 1 OH! most delightful hour by man Experienced here below; The hour that terminates his span, 2 Worlds should not bribe me back to tread Again life's dreary waste; To see my days again o'erspread 3 My home is henceforth in the skies: All heaven unfolded to my eyes, 4. May I till death be firm possess'd Then breathe my soul into her rest, HYMN 166. (C. M. BOUSQUET.) Anticipation of the judgement-day. 1 IF rising from the bed of death, I see my Maker face to face, 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, My heart with inward horror shrinks, 3 When Thou, O Lord! shalt stand disclosed, In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, 4 But Thou hast told the troubled soul, Of HIM who suffer'd unto death, Her sufferings to prevent. 5 Then why, my soul, should'st thou despair, HYMN 167. (P. M. TRIUMPH.) The dying Christian to his soul. 2 Hark! they whisper, angels say, Tell me, my soul, can this be death? 3 The world recedes; it disappears; Lend, lend your wings I mount, I fly; HYMN 168. Human life compared to a voyage. 1 LIFE'S voyage is of awful length, 2 But oars alone can ne'er prevail The breath of heaven must swell the sail, 3 With anchor safe, and streamers gay, And safe the storm outride. 4 While my frail bark, by tempests toss'd, Half-wreck'd in open sea, Winds adverse still, and compass lost, 5 Thou, Lord! whom winds and waves obey, The Pilot's part perform; The vessel steer from day to day, And guide her through the storm. 6 Till, landed safe on Canaan's shore, Her destined port she gain: |