L. M. SECOND PART.

Ver. 7, &c.

CHRIST's Sufferings and Zeal.

"TWAS for our sake, eternal God, Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load Of base reproach and sore disgrace, Aud shame defil'd his sacred face. 243

4 Zeal for the temple of his God
Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood;
Reproaches at thy glory thrown
He felt, and mourn'd them as his own.

e 5 His friends forsook, his followers fled,
While foes and arms surround, his head;
Theycurse him with a sland'rous tongue,
And the false judge maintains the wrong.

6 His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies; a They nail him to the shameful tree;p There hung the man who dy'd for me!

e 7 [Wretches, with hearts as hard as Insult his piety and groans;

[stones, Gall was the food they gave him there, And mock'd his thirst with vinegar.]

C. M. SECOND PART.

Ver. 15, 14, 16, 23, 22, 24.

CHRIST our Strength and Righteous

ness.

1 MY Saviour, my Almighty friend, When I begin thy praise,

e Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of thy grace?

-2 Thou art my everlasting trust,
Thy goodness I adore;

And since I knew thy graces first,
I speak thy glories more.

• 3 My feet shall travel all the lengtħ
Of the celestial road;

And march with courage in thystrength,
To see my Father God.

p 4 When I am fill'd with sore distress For some surprising sin,

-I'll plead thy perfect righteousness,
And mention none but thine.

The aged Christian's Prayer and Song.

1 GOD of my childhood, and my youth,
The guide of all my days,

I have Jeclar'd thy heav'nly truth,
And told thy wondrous ways.

p 2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart?
Who shall sustain my sinking years,
If God, my strength, depart?

3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim
To the surviving age,
And leave the savour of thy name
When I shall quit the stage..

e 4 The land of silence and of death
Attends my next remove;
--O may these poor remains of breath
Teach the wide world thy love!
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7 By long experience have I known
Thy sov'reign pow'r to save;
At thy command I venture down,
Securely, to the grave.

e 8 When I lie bury'd deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care;

e These with'ring limbs with thee I trust, 0 To raise them strong and fair. HYMN 20. CANTERBURY.

d3 Now let them boast how tall they rise, -I'll never envy them again; [eyes, d There they may stand with haughty a "Till they plunge deep in endless pain.

e 4 Their fancy'd joys, how fast they flee!
Just like a dream, when man awakes:
Their songs of softest harmony
Are but a preface to their plagues.

-5 Now I esteem their mirth and wine,
Too dear to purchase with my blood;
o Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,
My life, my portion, and my God.
GENEVA. BABYLON.

S. M.

The Mystery of Providence unfolded.

1 SURE there's a righteous God,
Nor is religion vain;

Though men of vice may boast aloud,
And men of grace complain.

2 I saw the wicked rise,

And felt my heart repine, While haughty fools, with scornful eyes, In robes of honour shine. 34

7 The tumults of my thought

Held me in hard suspense; "Till to thy house my feet were brought, To learn thy justice thence.

8 Thy word, with light and pow'r,
Did my mistakes amend;

1 view'd the sinners lives before,
But here I learn their end.

9 On what a slipp'ry steep, The thoughtless wretches go; And, O that dreadful fiery deep, That waits their fall below!

10 Lord at thy feet I bow, My thoughts no more repine; -I call my God my portion now, And all my pow'rs are thine. WALTON. AYLESBURY.

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PSALM 76. C. M.

Gon in Zion terrible to her enemies.

N Judah, God of old was known,
His name in Israel great;

In Salem stood his holy throne,
And Zion was his seat.

• 3 From Zion went his dreadful word, And broke the threat'ning spear; The bow, the arrows, and the sword, And crush'd th' Assyrian war.

e 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms But mighty hills of prey?

[else,

--The hill, on which JEHOVAH dwells,

Is glorious more than they.

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valing.

God I cry'd, with mournful

In the sad day when troubles rose,

And fill'd my heart with fear.

p 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights, My soul refus'd relief;

I thought on God, the just and wise,
But thoughts increas'd my grief.
Jee Her Sen Ser

7 Will be forever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?

Has he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?

-8 But I forbid this hopeless thought,

This dark, despairing frame,

Rememb'ring what thy

and, fath Thy hand is still the same. wrought;

o 9 I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er;
Thy wonders of recov'ring grace,
When flesh could hope no more.

10 Grace dwells with justice on the
And men who love thy word, [throne;
Have in thy sanctuary known
The counsels of the Lord.

ABRIDGE.

C. M. SECOND PART.

Israel delivered from Egypt, and brought to Canaan.

e 1 "HOW awful is thy chast'ning rod"-
(May thine own children say)
"The great, the wise, the dreadful God!
"How holy is his way!"

-3 Long did the house of Joseph lie
With Egypt's yoke opprest;
Long he delay'd to hear their cry,
Nor gave his people rest.

4 The sons of good old Jacob seem'd
Abandon'd to their foes;
But his almighty arm redeem'd
The nation that he chose.

Education and Instruction of Children.

C. M. SECOND PART.
Israel's Rebellion and Punishment.

O WHAT a stiff, rebellious house
Was Jacob's ancient race!

False to their own most solemn vows,
And to their Maker's grace.

2 They broke the cov'nant of his love,
And did his laws despise;
Forgot the works he wrought to prove
His pow'r before their eyes.

3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light,
From his revenging hand;
What dreadfl tokens of his might
Spread o'er the stubborn land!

4 They saw him cleave the mightyse
And march'd with safety through;
With wat❜ry walls to guard their wa
Til they had 'scap'd the foe.

1 GREAT God,how oft did Israel prove, By turns, thine anger and thy love? There, in a glass, our hearts may see How fickle and how false they be.

2 How soon the faithless Jews forgot The dreadful wonders God had wrought! Then they provoke him to his face, Nor fear his pow'r, nor trust his grace.

3 The Lord consum'd their years in pain, And made their travels long and vain; A tedious march through unknown ways, Wore out their strength, and spent their days.

dwell,

And jedst the tribes, thy chosen sheep,
Safe through the desert and the deep:-

e 2 Thy church is in the desart now;
-Shine from on high, and guide it thro';
Turn us to thee, thy love restore,
We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more.
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e 5 Hast thou not planted, with thy hand,
A lovely vine in this our land?
Did not thy pow'r defend it round,
And heav'nly dews enrich the ground?

-6 How did the spreading branches shoot, And bless the nation with the fruit! e But now, O Lord, look down and see Thy mourning vine, thy lovely tree.

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4 "I'll leave them," saith the Lord, "To their own lusts a prey;

"And let them run the dang'rous road"Tis their own chosen way.

5 "Yet 0 that all my saints "Would hearken to my voice! "Scon I would ease their sore com-. plaints,

"And bid their hearts rejoice.