164 HYMNS. XV. XVI. XVII: XVIII. XIX. [Book U. 3 One day amidst the place Where my dear God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thoasand days Of pleasurable sin. . 4 My willing soul would stay In such -a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss. HYMN XV. [L. M.] The en joymen.t of Christ: or, delight in worship. t FAR from my thoughts vain world be gone, Let my religious hours alone; Fain would my eyes my Saviour See; I wait a visit, Lord from thee. 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, And kindles with a pure desire: Come, my dear Jesus, from above, And feed my soul with heav'nly love. 3 (The trees of life immortal stand In fragrant rows at thy right-hand, And in sweet murmurs by thy side Rivers of bliss perpetual glide. 4 Haste then, but with a smiling face, And spread a table of thy grace i Bring down a taste of truth divine, And cheer my heart with sacred wine.) 5 Blest Jesus, what deligious fare! How sweet thy entertainments are ! Never did angels taste above Redeeming grace, and dying love. $ Hail great Immanuel, all divine! In thee thy Father's glories shine ; Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one, That eyes haveseen, or angels known. HYMN XVI. IL. M.] PART II. 3 LORD, what a heav'n of saving grace Shines t'Oro' the beauties of thy face,, And lights our passions to a flame ! Lord, how we love thy charming name ! 3 When 1 can say, my God is mine, When I can feel thy glories shine, I trend the world beneath my feet, And all the earth calls good or great. While such a scene ofsacred joys Our raptured eves and souls employs, Here we could sit and gaze away A long, an everlasting day. 10 Well, we shall quickly pass the night, To the fair coasts of perfect light: Then shall our joyful senses rove O'er the dear object of our love. 11 [There shall we drink full draughts of bliss, And pluck new life from heav'rïly trees! Yet now and then, dear Lord, bestow A drop of heav'n on worms below. 12 Send comforts down from thy right - hand, While we pass thro' this barren land, And in thy temple let us see A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.) HYMN XVII. [C. M.] God's eternity. 1 RISE, rise, my soul and leave the ground, Stretch all my thoughts abroad, And rouse up ev'ry tuneful sound To praise th' eternal God. 2 Long ere the loftyskies were spread, Jehovah fill'd his throne, Or Adam form'd, or angels made, The Maker liv'd alone. 3 His boundless years can ne'er decrease, But still maintain their prime; Eternity's his dwelling place, And ever is his time. .. 4 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal now, And sees our ages waste. 5 The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come! The creatures look!how oldtheygrorr, And wait their fi'ry doom. 6 Well, let the sea shrink all away, And flame melt down the skies; My God shall live an endless day, When th' old creation dies. HYMN XVIII. [L. M.] The minigtry of angels. 1 HIGH on a hill of dazzling light, The King of Glory spreads his seat, And troops ofangels stretch'd for flight, Stand waiting round his awful feet. 2 " Go, saith the Lord, my Gabriel, go. Salute the virgin's fruitful womb Make haste, ye cherubs, down below, Sing and proclaimthe Saviour come.* 3 Herea brightsquadron leaves the skies, And thick around Elisha stands; Anon a heav'nly soldier flies, And breaks the chains from Peter's hands. 4 Thy winged troops, O God of hosts, Wait on thywand'ring church below ; Here we are sailing to thy ;oasts, Let angels be our convoy too. 5 Are they not all thy servants, Lord? At thy command they go and come: With cheerful haste obey thy word, And guard thy children to their home. HYMN XIX. tC. M.] Our frail bodies, and God ourpreserver. 1 LET others boast how strong they be, Nor death, nor danger fear; But we'll confess, O Lord to thee, What feeble things we are. 2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, And-flourish bright and gay ; A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, And fades the grass away.
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