And from his voice, his hand, his smile
Divides me for a little while;

Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed,
For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead.
6. And, O! when I have safely past
Through every conflict but the last;
Still, still unchanging, watch beside
My painful bed-for thou hast died;
Then point to realms of cloudless day,
And wipe the latest tear away!

CLXV.

RESIGNATION.

Psalm cxix. 71. (By R. P.)

1. IN trouble and in grief, O God,
Thy smile hath cheer'd my way;
And joy hath budded from each thorn
That round my footsteps lay.

2. The hours of pain have yielded good,
Which prosperous days refused;

As herbs, though scentless when entire,
Spread fragance when they're bruised.

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3. The oak strikes deeper, as its boughs
By furious blasts are driven :
So life's vicissitudes the more
Have fix'd my heart on heaven.
4. All-gracious Lord! whate'er my lot
In other times may be,

I'll welcome still the heaviest grief
That brings me near to Thee!

CLXVI.

LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.
Psalm cxxvi. 5. (Bowdler.)

1. CHILDREN of God, who, pacing slow, Your pilgrim path pursue,

In strength and weakness, joy and woe,
To God's high calling true.

2. Why move ye thus, with lingering tread, A doubtful, mournful band?

Why faintly hangs the drooping head?
Why fails the feeble hand?

3. Oh! weak to know a Saviour's power,
To feel a Father's care;

A moment's toil, a passing shower,
Is all the grief ye share!

4. The Lord of Light, though, veil'd awhile, He hides his noontide ray,

Shall soon in lovelier beauty smile
To gild the closing day;

5. And, bursting through the dusky shroud That dared his power invest,

Ride throned in light o'er every cloud,
And guide you to His rest!

CLXVII.

THE BELIEVER'S SAFETY.

Psalm 91st. (By Newton.)

1. INCARNATE God! the soul that knows
Thy name's mysterious power,
Shall dwell in undisturb'd repose,
Nor fear the trying hour.

2. In vain the fowler spreads his net
To draw them from Thy care;
Thy timely call instructs their feet
To shun the artful snare.

3. When, like a baneful pestilence,
Sin mows its thousands down
On every side, without defence,-
Thy grace secures thine own.

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4. No midnight terror haunts their bed,

No arrow wounds by day:

Unhurt on serpents they shall tread
If found in duty's way.

5. Angels unseen attend thy saints,
And bear them in their arms;
Support their spirit when it faints,
And guard their life from harms.

6. Crosses and changes are their lot,
Long as they sojourn here;

But since the Saviour changes not,
What have his saints to fear?

CLXVIII.

RETROSPECT.
(Noel.)

1. WHEN darkly to the eye of truth
Unfolds the retrospect of youth;

And sins unnumber'd barb their dart,
And bid it fester in the heart:

2. When jarring passions wound the soul,
Impatient of their wild control;
And oft the weary spirit bends
To ask the aid religion lends :

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3. When memory pours the silent tear, And seeks the friend who once was near The kindred friend too quickly fled, Too early number'd with the dead! 4. O then, by fervent prayer, apply To Him whose arm brings succour nigh; He has himself known sorrow's power, And shudder'd in the stormy hour.

5. Touch'd with the feeling of thy woe,

He sees the thoughts which sink thee low;
From climes of bliss bends down His ear,
And all thy anguish deigns to hear.
6. Go then! address his throne of love;

There trace thy pardon seal'd above!
There find in Him sweet peace arise,
And mark the Friend who never dies!

CLXIX.
REPENTANCE.

(Doddridge.)

1. RETURN, my roving heart, return, And life's vain shadows chase no more; Seek out some solitude to mourn,

And thy forsaken God implore.

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