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HYMN
FOR SERMONS
IXA
AND
X.
THE HIDDEN LIFE
OF
A
CHRISTIAN.
còmm.,t
o
ILIPFY
soul,
that
lives
oh
high,
While
men
lie groveling here
!
Ills
hopes are
fixed
above the sky,
Aud
faith forbids
his
fear.
His conscience
knows no
secret
stings,
While
grace and
joy combine
To form
a
lite,
whose
holy springs
Are hidden
and divine.
He
waits
in
secret
on his
God;
His God
in
secret
sees
:
Let
earth
be all
in arms
abroad,
He dwells,in heavenly peace.
METRE.
$is
pleasures
rise from things utíseett,
Beyond this
world and time,
Where neither eyes
nor ears have been,
Nor
thoughts
of
mortals climb.
He wants no pomp,
nor royal throne
To
raise
his figure
here;
Content, and pleas'd to
live
unknown,
Till
Christ
his
life
appear.
He
looks to
heaven's eternal
hills,
To
meet
that
glorious day
;
Dear
Lord,
bow slow
thy
chariot- wheels!
How long
is
thy delay
!
SERMON
XI.
NEARNESS
TO GOD
THE
FELICITY
OF CREATURES.
t'sALM
lay. 4.
Blessed
is
the
man
whom
thou chusest, and causest to approach unto
thee,
that
he
may dwell
in
thy
courts.
THE
FIRST
PART.
IT
was
an
elegant address
that
the queen
of
Sheba
made
to Solomon, when
she
had surveyed the
magnifi-
cence
of
his
court, and
had
heard
his
wisdom
;
"
Happy
are
thy men,
and
happy are these
thy servants,
who
stand continually
before thee
!"
1
Kings
X.
8.
And
there
was
much
truth
and honour
in
her
speech. But
the harp
ofllavid
strikes
a
diviner
note;
Blessed
is
the
man whom thou chusest,
O
God,
that
he may
approach
unto
thee,
and
dwell
in
thy courts,
in
tht4
holy sanc-
tuary
!
Whether,
in these words,
the Psalmist
blesses those
levites and priests,
whose
duty
it
was
to
attend
the
ark,
and
to dwell
near
the
tabernacle, or whether
he
pro-
nounces blessedness
on every
man
of
Israel,
whose
habi,
tation
nigh
the
ark
gave
him
frequent opportunities
to