146 HYMNS.LXXX.LXXXIV. [Book I. And leave me in the world's wild mace To follow ev'ry wand'ring star. 3 Lord,thycommands arecleanand pure, Enlight'ning our beclouded eyes ; Thythreát'nmgs j nst,thypromise sure, Thy gospel makes the simple wise. 6 Give me thy counsel for my guide, And then receive me to thy bliss ; All my desires and hopes beside t Are faint and cold, compar'd with this. HYMN LXXX. [L. M.] An evening hymn, Psal. iv. 8. and iii. 5, 6. and cxliii. 8. 1 THUS far the Lord hah led me on, Thus for his pow'r prolongs my days, And ev'ry evening shall make known . Some fresh memorial of his grace.' 2 Much of my time has run to waste, And I perhaps am near my home ; But he forgives my,follics past, He givesme strength for days to come. 3 I lay my body down to sleep, Peace is the pillow for my head ; While well - appointed angels keep Their watchful stations round my bed. 4 In vain the sons of earth or hell Tell roe a thousand frightful things; My God in safety makes me dwell Beneath the shadow of his, wings. 5 (Faith in his name forbids my fear : O,may thy presence ne'er depart: And in the morning make me hear The love and kindness of thy heart. 6 Thuswben thenight ofdeathsha lleome, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, With sweet salvation in the sound.) HYMN LXXXI. [L. M.] A song for morning or evening, Lam. iii. 23. Isa. xlv. 7. 1 MY (Tod, how endless is thy love! Thy gifts are ev'ry evening new, And morning mercies from above Gently distil like early dew. 2 Thou spread'st thecurtains of thenight, Great guardian of my sleeping hours: Thy sov'reign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy pow'rs. 3 Iyield my pow'rs to thy command, To thee I consecrate my days: Perpetual blessings from thine hand Demand perpetual-songs of praise. HYMN LXXXII. [L. M.] God far above creatures: or, Manvain and mortal, Job iv. 17 -21. I SHALL the vile race of flesh and blood Contend with their creator, God? Shall mortal worms presume to be More holy, wise, or lust than he? 2 Behold, he puts his trust in none.. Of all the spirits round his throne; Their natures when compar'dwitlr his, , Are neither holy,jest, nor wise. 3 BM how much meaner things they Who spring from dust, and dwell in clay ! Touch'd by the finger of thy wrath, We faint and vanish like the moth. 4 From nightto clay, from day to night, We die by thousands in thy sight ; Bury'd in dust whole nations lie Like a forgotten vanity. 5 Almighty pow'r, to thee we bow How frail are we! how glorious thou! No more the sons of earth shall dare With an eternal God compare. HYMN LXXXIII. [C. M.] Afflictions and death under providence, Job v. 6, 7, 8. i NOT from the dust affliction grows, Nor troubles rise by chance ; Yet we are born to cares and woes ; A sad inheritance! 2 As sparks breakout from burningcoals, And still are upwards borne: So grief is tooted in our souls, And man grows up to mourn. 3 Yet with my God I leave my cause, And trust his promis'd grace He rules me by his well -known laws Of love and righteousness. 4 Not all the pains that e'er I bore Shall spoil mÿ future peace, For death and, hell can do no more Than what my Father please. HYMN LXXXIV. ' [I.. M.] Salvation, righteousness and strength in Christ, Isa. xlv. 21 -25.. 1 JEHOVAH speaks, let Israel hear, Let all the earth rejoice and fear, While God's eternal Son proclaims His sov'reign honours and Isis names. 2 " I am the last, and I the first, The Saviour God, and God the just; There's none beside pretends to sbew Such justice and salvation too. 3 [" Ye thatin shades of darkness dwell, Just on the verge of death and hell, Look up to me from distant lands, Light, life and heav'nare in my hands. 4 " I by my holy name have sworn,. Nor shall the wind in vain return ; To me shall all things bend the knee, And ev'ry tongue shall swear to me.] 5 " In me alone shall men confess Lies all their strength and righteous- ness But such as dare despise my name, I'll clothe 'erii with eternal shame. 6 " In me the Lord shall all the seed Of Isr'el fromtheir sins-be freed, And by their shining graces prove . Their int'rest in mypard'ning [ore.
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