Life, health, and comfort to thy will, 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, 3 No! let me rather freely yield 4 Wisdom and mercy guide my way: A poor blind creature of a day, 5 But ah! mine inward spirit cries, Else the next cloud that veils my skies 257. HELP IN JEHOVAH. Peckham-Bedford-- Tottenham. 1 The Lord Jehovah is my God, My rock, my strength, my wealth; C. M. 2 In my distress I sought my God, My cry before him came; he heard 3 The Lord descended from above, And on the wings of mighty winds 5 The voice of God did thunder high, 6 And so delivered he my soul: He liveth-Blessed be my Rock! 258. THE CHRISTIAN. L.M. Angel's Hymn-Wareham-Philadelphia. 1 Honour and happiness unite To make the Christian's name a praise; How fair the scene, how clear the light, That fills the remnant of his days! 2 A kingly character he bears, Nor stoops to take applause from earth; And shout him welcome to the skies! 259. LIVELY HOPE AND GRACIOUS FEAR. C. M. 1 I was a grovelling creature once, 2 But God has breathed upon a worm, Wings, such as clothe an angel's form, 3 With these to Pisgah's top I fly, 4 The Lord of all the vast domain The length and breadth of all the plain, As far as faith can see. 5 How glorious is my privilege! I stand upon a mountain's edge, 6 Though much exalted in the Lord, And none shall cast me down. 260. THE PATHS OF PEACE (Pr. iii. 13-17). C. M. Howard-Newington-Bishopthorpe. 10 happy is the man who hears And who celestial Wisdom makes 2 For she has treasures greater far And her rewards more precious are 3 In her right hand she holds to view Riches, with splendid honours joined, 4 She guides the young with innocence, 5 According as her labours rise, Her ways are ways of pleasantness, While yet they sojourn here, Thus all their days with God begin, 2 'Midst hourly cares may love present And, while the world our hands employs, Our hearts be thine alone. |