40 Drowns my spirit, draws my breath? HYMN 194. 11. 7. 11 GREAT God, what do I see and hear 3 The world recedes, it disappears! The end of things created! The Judge of man I see appear, On clouds of glory seated : The dead which they containi'd before; Prepare, my soul, to meet Him. 112 The dead in CHRIST shall first arise XII. JUDGMENT. At the last trumpet's sounding, Caught up to meet him in the skies, With joy their LORD surrounding: His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet Him. 3 But sinners, fill'd with guilty fears, Behold his wrath prevailing; For they shall rise, and find their tears The day of grace is past and gone; 3 When thou, O LORD, shalt stand dis Trembling they stand before the throne, closed All unprepared to meet Him. 4 Great God, what do I see and hear! And sit in judgment on my soul, The end of things created! The Judge of man I see appear, 4 But thou hast told the troubled mind, On clouds of glory seated : Beneath His cross I view the day When heaven and earth shall pass away, Shall endless wo prevent. And thus prepare to meet Him. 5 Then never shall my soul despair HYMN 195. III. 1. SL Luke xii. 24-27. 1 SEEK, my soul, the narrow gate, Enter ere it be too late; Many ask to enter there, 1 AND will the Judge descend? When too late to offer prayer. And must the dead arise? 2 God from mercy's seat shall rise, And not a single soul escape And for ever bar the skies: His all-discerning eyes? Then, though sinners cry without, 2 And from His righteous lips He will say, “I know you not." Shall this dread sentence sound; 3 Mournfully will they exclaim; And through the num'rous guilty throng “ LORD! we have profess'd thy name; Spread black despair around « We have eat with thee, and heard 3 “ Depart from me, accursed, "Heavenly teaching in thy word.” “ To everlasting flame, 4 Vain, alas! will be their plea, " For rebel angels first prepared, Workers of iniquity; “Where mery never came." Sad their everlasting lot; 4 How will my heart endure CHRIST will say, "I know you not." XII. ETERNITY. 5 But, ere the trumpet shakes HYMN 196, S. M. Rest for the weary soul : 6 Ye sinners, seek His grace, 'T were vain the ocean's depths to sound Whose wrath ye cannot bear Or pierce to either pole. Fly to the shelter of his cross, 2 The world can never give And find salvation there. The bliss for which we sigh: 7 So shall that curse remove, 'T is not the whole of life to live, By which the Saviour bled; Nor all of death to die. And the last awful day shall pour 3 Beyond this vale of tears His blessings on your head. There is a life above, love, Onmeasured by the flight of years | And endless honors to his name Employ their tuneful tongues. 4 There is a death, whose pang 16 LORD, tune our hearts to praise and Outlasts the fleeting breath: Oh! what eternal horrors bang Our feeble notes inspire; Around the second death! Till, in thy blissful courts above, 6 LORD Gon of truth and grace, We join the angelic choir. HYMN 199. C. M. 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, HYMN 197. C. M. Where saints immortal reign; Eternal day excludes the night, 2 Corinthians iv. 18. And pleasures banish pain. 1 HOW long shall earth's alluring toys Detain our hearts and eyes, 2 There everlasting spring abides, Regardless of immortal joyce, And never-fading flowers; And strangers to the skies! Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 2 These transient scenes will soon decay, They fade upon the sight; 13 Bright fields, beyond the swelling flood, And quickly will their brightest day Stand dress'd in living green; Be lost in endless night. So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, Their brightost day, alas, how vain! " While Jordan roll'd between. With conscious sighs we own; 4 But tim'rous mortals start, and shrink While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain, To cross the narrow sea; O'ersbade the smiling noon. And linger, trembling on the brink, 4 0) could our thoughts and wishes fly And fear to launch away. Above these gloomy shades, 5 Oh! could we make our doubts remove, To those bright worlds beyond the sky, These gloomy doubts that rise, Which sorrow ne'er invades ! And see the Canaan that we love 5 There joy, unseen by mortal eyes, With faith's illumined eyes! Or reason's feeble ray, 16 Could we but climb where Moses stood, In ever-blooining prospects rise, And view the landscape o'er, Unconscious of decay. Not Jordan's streams, not death's cold 6 LORD, send a beam of light divine, flood, To guide our upward aim ! Should fright us from the shore. HYMN 200. C. M. 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest w 11 SHOULD nature's charms, to please the Our ardent wishes rise, eye, To those bright scenes where pleasures In sweet assemblage join, spring |All nature's charms would 'droop and die, Immortal in the skies. JESUS, compared with thine. 12 Vain were her fairest beams display'd, And vain her blooming store; COME, LORD, and warm each languid Her brightness languishes to shade, heart, Her beauty is no more. 13 But, ah! how far from mortal sight Their influence to our song. The LORD of glory dwells ! A veil of interposing night 2 Sorrow, and pain, and every care, His radiant face conceals. On strong immortal wing, 3 The soul from sin for ever free, And reach ihy palace in the skies, Shall mourn its power no more; My Saviour and my King! But, clothed in spotless purity, 15 There thousands worship at thy feet, Redeeming love adore. And there, (divine employ!) 4 There, on a throne (how dazzling bright!) The htt) The triumphs of thy love repeat The exalled Saviour shines; In songs of endless joy. And beams ineffable delight 16 Thy presence beams eternal day On all the heavenly minds. O'er all the blissful place; 6 There shall the followers of the Lamb Who would not drop this load of clay Join in immortal songs; | And die to see thy face? 1 HYMN 201. III. 1. 14 Lord our God! for these, thy bounties Rev. vii. 9, &c. Hymns of gratitude we raise; To thy Name, for ever glorious, 1 WHO are these in bright array? Ever we address our praise ! HYMN 204. C. M. Proverbs iii. 13-17. “ Worthy is the Lamb once slaio, "Blessing, honor, glory, power, 11 OH! happy is the man who hears * Wisdum, riches, to obtain; Religion's warning voice, "New dominion every hour.” And who celestial wisdom makes His early, only choice. 2 These through fiery trials trod; 2 Fer she has treasures greater far These from great affliction came; Now before the throne of God, Than east or west untold; Seal'd with his eternal name: More precious are her bright rewards Clad in raiment pure and white, Than gems, or stores of gold. Victor palins in every hand, 3 Her right hand offers to the just Through their great Redeemer's might Immortal, happy days; More than conquerors they stand. Her left, imperishable wealth, 3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, And heavenly crowns displays. On immortal fruits they feed; 14 And, as her holy labors rise, Them the Lamb amidst the throne So her rewards increase; Shall to living fountains lead; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. HYMN 205. L M. Isaiah xl. 6-8. 11 THE morning flowers display their XIV. MISCELLANEOUS sweets, And gay their silken leaves unfold; As careless of the noon-day heats, And fearless of the evening cold. Parch'd by the sun's more fervent ray, Be with us through our pilgrimage; The momentary glories waste, Conduct us to our rest. The short-lived beauties die away. 2 Through each perplexing path of life 13 So blooms the human face divine, Our wandring footsteps guide; 1 When youth its pride of beauty shows; Give us each day our daily bread, Fairer than spring the colors shine, And raiment fit provide. And sweeter than the opening rose. 3 O spread thy shelt'ring wings around, 14 But, worn by slowly rolling years, Till all our wand'rings cease, Or broke by sickness in a day, And, at our Father's loved abode The fading glory disappears, Our souls arrive in peace. The short-lived beauties die away. 4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand 5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, Our hunble prayers implore; With lustre brighter far shall shine; And thou, the LORD, shalt be our GOD, on the Lord, shall be our Gon. - Revive with ever-during bloom. And portion evermore. Safe from diseases and decline. 6 Let sickness blast, and death devour, HYMN 203. III. 3. If heaven shall recompense our pains, 1 Chronicles xxix. 10-13. Perish the grass, and fade the flower, 1 BLESS'D be thou, the God of Israel, If firm the word of God remains. Thou, our Father, and our LORD! Bless'd thy majesty for ever! · HYMN 206. C. M. A Ever be thy name adored! Isaiah xl. 27-31. ? Thine, O LORD, are power and great-1 WHY mournest thou, my anxious soul, ness, Despairing of relief, Glory, vict'ry, are thine own; As if the LORD O'erlook'd thy cares, All is thine in earth and heaven, Or pitied not thy grief? Over all thy boundless throne. 2 Hast thou not known, hast thou not 3 Riches come of thee, and honor; heard, Power and might to thee belong; That firm remains on high, Thine it is to make us prosper, The everlasting throne of Him Only thine to make us strong, I Who jnade the earth and sky? While Onmeasured by the flight of years And endless honors to his name | Employ their luneful tongues. 16 LORN, tune our hearts to praise and Outlasts the fleeting breath: love, Our feeble notes inspire; Till, in thy blissful courts above, We join the angelic choir. HYMN 199. C. M. 11 THERE is a land of pure delight, HYMN 197. C.M. Where saints immortal reign; Eternal day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-fading flowers; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Bright fields, beyond the swelling flood, And quickly will their brightest day Stand dress'd in living green; So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, While Jordan rolld between. 4 But tim'rous mortals start, and shrink While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain, To cross the narrow sea; And linger, trembling on the brink, And fear to launch away. 15 Oh! could we make our doubts remove, And see the Canaan that we love With faith's illumined eyes! 16 Gould we but climb where Moses stood, In ever-blooining prospects rise, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's streams, not death's cold 6 LORD, send a beam of light divine, flood, Should fright us from the shore. HYMN 200. C. M. eye, All nature's charms would 'droop and die, JESUS, compared with thine. 12 Vain were her fairest beams display'd, And vain her blooming store; heart, Her beauty is no more. 3 But, ah! how far from mortal sight Their influence to our song. The LORD of glory dwells ! A veil of interposing night His radiant face conceals. 4 O could my longing spirit rise On strong immortal wing, And reach ihy palace in the skies, My Saviour and my King! 15 There thousands worship at thy feet, Redeeining love adore. And there, (divine employ!) In songs of endless joy. 16 Thy presence beams eternal day O'er all the blissful place; And die to see thy face? HYMN 201. III. 1. 14 Lord our God! for these, thy bounties Rev. vii. 9, &c. Hymns of gratitude we raise; To thy Name, for ever glorious, Ever we address our praise ! HYMN 204. C. M. Proverbs iii. 13-17. “ Worthy is the Lamb once slain, "Blessing, honor, glory, power, 11 OH! happy is the man who hears “ Wisdom, riches, to obtain; Religion's warning voice, "New dominion every hour." And who celestial wisdom makes His early, only choice. 2 These through fiery trials trod; These from great affliction came; 2 For she has treasures greater far Now before the throne of God, Than east or west unfold; Seal'd with his eternal name: More precious are her bright rewards Clad in raiment pure and white, Than gems, or stores of gold. Victor palms in every hand, 3 Her right hand offers to the just Through their great Redeemer's might | Immortal, happy days; More than conquerors they stand. Her left, imperishable wealth, 3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, And heavenly crowns displays. On immortal fruits they feed; 4 And, as her holy labors rise, Them the Lamb amidst the throne So her rewards increase; Shall to living fountains lead: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. HYMN 205. L. M. Isaiah xl. 6-8. 11 THE morning flowers display their XIV. MISCELLANEOUS sweets, And gay their silken leaves unfold: As careless of the noon-day heats, And fearless of the evening cold. 1 GOD of our fathers! by whose hand 12 Nipp'd by the wind's unkindly blast, Thy people still are blest, Parch'd by the sun's more fervent ray, Be with us through our pilgrimage; The momentary glories waste, Conduct us to our rest. The short-lived beauties die away. 2 Through each perplexing path of life 13 So blooms the human face divine, Our wand'ring footsteps guide; When youth its pride of beauty shows; Give us each day our daily bread, Fairer than spring the colors shine, And caiment fit provide. And sweeter than the opening rose. 3 O spread thy shelt'ring wings around, 14 But, worn by slowly rolling years, Till all our wand'rings cease, Or broke by sickness in a day, And, at our Father's loved abode The fading glory disappears, Our souls arrive in peace. The short-lived beauties die away. 4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand 15 Yet these, new rising from the tomb. Our huinble prayers implore; With lustre brighter far shall shine; And thou, the LORD, shall be our GOD, - | Revive with ever-during bloom, And portion evermore. Safe from diseases and decline. 1 6 Let sickness blast, and death devour, HYMN 203. III. 3. If heaven shall recompense our pains 1 Chronicles xxix. 10-13 Perish the grass, and fade the flower, 1 BLESS'D be thou, the God of Israel, If firm the word of God remains. Thou, our Father, and our LORD! - HYMN 206. C. M. Bless'd thy majesty for ever! A Ever be thy name adored! Isaiah xl. 27-31. 2 Thine, O LORD, are power and great-1 WHY mournest thou, my anxious soul, ness, Despairing of relief, Glory, vict'ry, are thine own; As if ihe LORD o'erlook'd thy cares, All is thine in earth and heaven, Or pitied not thy grief? Over all thy boundless throne. 2 Hast thou not known, hast thou nof 3 Riches come of thee, and honor; heard, Power and might to thee belong; That firm remains on high, Thine it is to make us prosper, The everlasting throne of Him Only thine to make us strong, I Who inade the earth and sky! 14 But, weeter than the colo, beauty, |