Book I.] HYMNS .XXX. XXXII. XXXIX. XL. 137 Swift as the lightning it shall move, , And be as fatal too. 4 I call for helpers, but'in vain : Then hasmy gospel none? Well, mine own arm has might enough To crush my foes alone. .3 S)adghter and my devouring sword Shall walk the streets around, Babel shall reel beneath my stroke, And stagger to the ground." 6 Thy honours, O victorious king ! Thine own right-hand shall raise, While we thy awful vengeance sing, And our deliv'rer praise. HYMN XXX. [L. ill.] Prayer for deliverance answered,' Is. xxvi. 8 -20. 1 IN thine own ways, O God of love, We wait the visits of thy grace ; Our soul's desire is to thy name,' And the remembrance of thy face. tt My thoughts are searching Lord, for thee, [night; 'Mongst the black shades of lonesome My earnest cries salute the skies Before the dawn restore the light. b Look how rebellions men deride The tender patience of my God; But they shall see thy lifted hand, And feel the scourges of thy rod. 4 Hark ! the Eternal rends the sky, A mighty voice before him goes, Avoice of music to his friends, But threat'ning thunder to his foes. S Come, children, to your Father's arms, Hide in the chambers of my'grace, 'Till the fierce storms be overblown, And, my revenging fury cease. 6 Myswordshallboast its thousands slain, And drink the blood of haughty kings, While heav'nly peace around my flock 'Stretches its soft and shady wings. XXXI, Referred to the first Psalm. HYMN XXXII. (C. M.) Strength from heaven, Is . xl., 27, 28, 29, 30. 1 WHENCE, do our mournful thoughts - arise? And where's our courage fled ? Has restless sin and raging hell Struck all our comforts dead? -2 Have we forgot th' Almighty name That form'd the earth and sea ? And can an all- creating arm Grow weary, or decay ? 3 Treasures of everlasting might In our Jehovah dwell; He gives the conquest to the weak, Andtreads their foes to hell 4 Mere mortal pow'r shall fade and die, And youthful vigour cesise; But We that wait upon the Lord, Shall feel our strength increase. 5 The saints shallmount on eagles'wings, And taste the promis'd bliss, Till their umveary'd feet arrive . Where perfect pleasure is. HYMNS XXXIII; XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI; XXXVII, XXXVIII re- . ferred to Psalm cxxxi, cxxxiv; Ixvü,. lxxiii, xc. and lxxxiv. HYMN XXXIX. (C. M.) God's tender care of his church, Is. xlix. 13, 14, Le. L NOW shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspiresmy heart, And pleasure tunes my, tongue,, 4 God on his thirsty Zion hill- Some mercy, drops has thrown, And solemn oaths have bound his lore To show'r salvation down. 3 Whÿ do we then indulge our fears, Suspicions and complaints. Is he a God, and shall his grace Grow weary of his saint's: 4 Can a kind woman e'er forget The infant of her womb, And'mongst a thousand tender thoughts Her suckling have no room? 8 ".Yet saith the Lord, should nature change, And mothers monsters prove, . Zion still dwells upon the heart.. Of everlasting love. Deep on the palms of both my taatdi I bane engrav'd bey name; My hands shall raise her ruin'd wally And build her broken frausse. ".. HYMN XL. [I. M.] The business and blessedness of glor)lled saints. ken. viii. 13, 14, 15, $r.e. 1 " WHAT happy men, or angels these That all their robes are spotless white ; Whence did this glorious troop arrive At the pure realms of heav'nly ligio ?" 3 Frown tort'ring racks, andhnrning fires, And seas of their own blood theycame, But nobler blood haswash'd thcirrobcs, Flowing from Christ the dviq' 3 Nowtheÿ approach th'Almightyt roue , With loud hosannas flight and day, Sweet anthems to the great ThereOnc, Measure their bless'd eternity. 5 No more shall hunger pain their souls ; He Mds their parching thirst be gone, And spreads the shadow of his wings, 'l'o screen 'ens from the scorching son. I The Lamb that fills themiddle throne, Shall shed around his milder beams ; There shall they feast on his rich love, And drink full joys from üvingstreams:
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