I74 HYMNS. LX. LXI. LXII. LXIIL LXIY. [Book IT. IIYMN LX. [L M.] The truth of God thepromiser: or, The promises are our security. 1 PRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid To him that earth's foundation laid : Praise to the God whose strong decrees Sway the creation as he please. 2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord, Who rules his peopleby his word, And there as strong as his decrees, He sets his kindest promises. 3 [Firm are the words his prophets give, Sweet words,on which hischildrenlive ; Each of them is the voice of God, Whospoke,andspreadthe skiesabroad. 4 Each of them pow'rful as that sound That yid the new -made heav'ns go round ; And stronger than the solid poles On which the wheelof nature rolls.] a Whence then should doubts and fears arise ? Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes? Slowly, alas, our mind receives The comforts that our Maker gives. 6 0 fora strong, a lasting faith, To credit'what th' Almighty saith, T' embrace the message of his Son, And call the joys of heav'n our own. x Tlienshouldthe earth's oldpillars shake, And all the wheels of nature break ; Our steady souls should fear no more Than solid rocks when billows roar. 8 Our everlasting hopesarise Above the minable skies, Where the eternal Builder reigns, And his own courts hispow'r sustains., HYMN LXI. [C, M.] A thought of death and glory. I MY soul, come, meditate the day, And think bow near it stands, When thou mustggitthis house of clay, And fly to unknown lands. 2 [Andyou, mine eyes, look down and v íew The hollow gaping tomb; This gloomy prison waits for you, Whene'er the summons come.] 3 Oh ! could we die with those that die, Andplace no in their stead; Then would our spirits learn to fly, Andconverse with the dead. 4 Then should we see the saints above In their own glorious forms And wonder why our souls shall love To dwellwith mortal worms. .4 [How we should scorn these clothes of flesh, These fetters, and this load; And long for ev'ning, to undress, That we may rest with God.] 6 We should almost forsake our day Before the summons Mine, And pray and wish our souls away To their eternal home. HYMN LXII. [C. M.] . God the thunderer i or, The last judg- ment, and hell*. i SING to the Lord, ye heav'nly hosts, And thou, O earth, adore Letdeath and hell thro' all their coasts Stand trembling at his pow'r. 2 His sounding chariot shakes the sky, He makes the clouds his throne ; There all his stores of lightning lie, Till vengeance darts them do wn. 3 His nostrils breathe out fiery streams, And from his awful tongue A sov'reign voice dividesthe flames, And thunder roars along. 4 Think, O my soul, the dreadful day, When this incensed God Shall rend the sky, and burn the sea, And fling his wrath abroad t 5 What shall the wretch, the sinner do ; . He once defy'd the Lod But he shall dread the thund'rer rove, And sink beneath his word. 6 Tempests of angry fire shall roll, To blast the rebel worm, And beat upon his naked soul In one eternal storm. HYMN I.XLII. [C. M.] A funeral thought. 1 HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound, My ears attend the cry, "Ye living men, come view theground, Where you must shortly lie.. 2 " Princes, this clay most be your bed, In spite of all your tow'rs ; The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head, Most be as low as ours." 3 Great God! is this ourcertain doom? And are we still secure ! Still walking downward to our tomb, . And yet prepare no more? 4 Grant us the pow'rsof gnickning grace, To fit our souls to fly ; Then, when we drop this dying flesh, We 'll rise above the sky. HYMN LXIV. [L. M.] God the glory and the defence of Sion.. 1 HAPPYthe church,thou sacredplace, The seat of thy Creator'sgrace: Thine holy courts are his abode-;,, Thou earthly palace of our God. 2 Thy walls are strength,and at thy gates A guard of heav'nly warriors wags; Nor shall thy deep foundations move, Fix'd on his counsels and his love. 3 The foes in vain designs engage, Against his throne in vain they rage; Like rising waves with angry roar, That dash and die upon the. shore. *Made in a great sudden storm of thun- der, August the 20th, 1601.
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