Book II.] HYMNS. LXV. LXVI. LXVII. LXVIII. LXIX. 4 Then let our souls in Zion dwell, Nor fear the wrath of. Rome and hell His arms embrace this happy ground, Likebrazen bulwarksbuilt around. 5 God is our shield, and Cod our sun ; Swift as the fleeting moments run, On us he sheds new beams of grace, And we reflect his brightest praise. HYMN LXV. [C. M.] The hopes of heave,, our support under trials on earth. t WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to ev'ry fear, And wipe my weepingeyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurl'd, Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. ß Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heav'n, my all ; 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heav'nly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. . HYMN LXVI. [C. M.] A prospect of heaven stakes death easy. 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, Andpleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-with'ring flow'rs : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heav'nly land from ours. 3 [Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dress'd in living green So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan roll'd between. i But tim'rous mortals start and shrink, To cross this narrow sea, And linger, shiv'ring on the brink, And tear to launch away.] 5 Oh ! could we make our doubts remove Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes ! fi Could we but climb whereMoses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold Shouldfright us from theshore. [flood HYMM LXVII. [C. M.] God's eternal dominion. 1 GREAT God how infinite art thou'. What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 175 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made : Thou art the ever- living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Nature and time quite naked lie To thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the great burning-day. 4 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view ; TO thee there's nothing old appears ; Great God there's nothing new. 5 Ourlives thro' various scenes are drawn And vex'd with trifling cares, While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturb'd affairs. o Great God ! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. HYMN LXVIII. [C. M.] The humble worship of heaven. 1 FATHER, I long, I faintto see The place of thine abode : I'd leave thy earthly courts, and 'flee Up to thy seat, my God! 2 Here I behold thy distant face, And 'tis a pleasing sight ; But to abide in thine embrace, Is infinite delight. . 3 I'd part with all the joys of sense, To gaze upon, thy throne ; Pleasure springs freshfor ever thenogÿ Unspeakable, unknown. 4 There all the heav'nly hosts are seen, In shining ranks they move, And drink immortal vigour in With wonder and with love. 5 Then at thy feet, with awful fear, Th' adoring armies fall : With joy they shrink to nothing there, Before the Eternal All. 6 There I would vie with all the host, In duty and in bliss ; ` While less than nothing I could boast, * And vanity confess. 1 The more thy glories strike mine eyes, 'Die humbler I shall lie;. Thus while I sink, my joys shall rise Unmeasurably high. HYMN LXIX. [C. M.] The faithfulness of God, in thepromises. 1 [BEGIN, my tongue, some heav'nly theme, And speaksome boundless thing ; The mighty works, or mighter dame, Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound hispow'r abroad, * Iva. xl. 17.
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