CCLVII.

ON PROVIDENCE.

(By Addison.) Air, as 146th Psalm, Mel. Sac.
1. WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God!
My rising soul surveys;
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

2. Thy providence my life sustain'd,
And all my wants redress'd,
While in the silent womb I lay,
And hung upon the breast.

3. To all my weak complaints and cries
Thy mercy lent an ear,

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd To form themselves in prayer. 4. Unnumber'd comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceived

From whom those comforts flow'd. 5. When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran,

Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe,
And led me up to man.

6. Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths,

It gently clear'd my way;

And

And through the pleasing snares of vice,
More to be fear'd than they.

7. O how shall words, with equal warmth, The gratitude declare

That glows within my ravish'd heart?
| But Thou canst read it there.

CCLVIII.

SECOND PART.

8. WHEN worn with sickness, oft hast Thou
With health renew'd my face;
And, when in sin and sorrow sunk,
Revived my soul with grace.

9. Through every period of my life,
Thy goodness I'll pursue;

And after death, in distant worlds,
The pleasing theme renew.

10. Through all eternity to Thee
A joyful song I'll raise:

For, oh! eternity's too short

To utter all Thy praise.

11. When nature fails, and day and night Divide Thy works no more;

My ever grateful heart, O Lord!
Thy mercy shall adore,

CCLIX.

ON THE JUDGMENT.

Music, as in 4th No. Mel. Sac. small.

1. LO! HE comes, with clouds descending; Once for favoured sinners slain! Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train: Hallelujah!

GOD appears on earth to reign. 2. Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty :

Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierced, and nail'd him to the tree;
Deeply wailing,

Shall the true MESSIAH see.

3. Every island, sea, and mountain,
Heaven, and earth, shall flee away:
All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
"Come to judgment !

"Come to judgment! come away."
4. Now redemption, long expected,
See, in solemn pomp appear!

All

All His saints, by man rejected,
Crowd to meet Him in the air.
Hallelujah!

See the day of GoD appear.

CCLX.

TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

(From the Ordination Service.) Music, as 270th Hymn.
1. COME, HOLY GHOST! Our souls inspire
And lighten with celestial fire.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart ;
Thy blessed unction from above,
Is comfort, life, and fire of love!
2. Enable, with perpetual light,
The dulness of our blinded sight:
Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of Thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home:
Where Thou art guide, no ill can come.
3. Teach us to know the Father, Son,

And Thee, (of Both,) to be but One:
That, through the ages all along,
This may be our endless song;
"Praise to Thy eternal merit,

"FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT!"

CCLXI.

JOYS OF RELIGION.

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By Dr. Watts. Air, Uriel, see 4th No. Mel. Sac. small. 1. MY GOD! the spring of all my joys; The life of my delights:

The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights.

2. In darkest shades if Thou appear,
My dawning is begun :

Thou art my soul's bright morning-star,
And Thou my rising sun.

3. The opening heavens around me shine
With beams of sacred bliss,

If JESUS shows his mercy mine,
And whispers I am His.

4. My soul would leave this heavy clay
At that transporting word:

Run up, with joy, the shining way,

LORD.

To see, and praise my
5. Fearless of hell and ghastly death,
I'd break through every foe!

The wings of love, and arms of faith,

Would bear me conqueror through.