In constancy, and zeal, and love,
May we resemble those above.
HYMN 49. Second Part. C. M.
Resignation to the will of God.
HRO' all the downward tracks of time,
God's watchful eye surveys;
O! who so wise to choose our lot,
Or regulate our ways!
2 I cannot doubt his bounteous love,
Unmeasurably kind;
To his unerring, gracious will,
Be ev'ry wish resign'd.
3 Good when he gives, supremely good,
Nor less when he denies;
Ev'n crosses from his sov'reign hand
Are blessings in disguise.
4 Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found;
The honey's mix'd with gall:
'Midst changing scenes and dying friends, Be thou my all in all.
HYMN 49. Third Part. C. M.
The will of God be done in providence.
T is the Lord-enthron'd in light,
Whose claims are all divine;
Who has an undisputed right
To govern me and mine.
2 It is the Lord should I distrust,
Or contradict his will?
Who cannot do but what is just,
And must be righteous still.
3 It is the Lord-who gives me all
My wealth, my friends, my ease;
And of his bounties may recall
Whatever part he please.
4 It is the Lord-who can sustain
Beneath the heaviest load,
From whom assistance I obtain
To tread the thorny road.
5 It is the Lord-whose matchless skill
Can from afflictions raise
Matter, eternity to fill
With ever growing praise.
6 It is the Lord-my cov❜nant God, Thrice blessed be his name!
Whose gracious promise, seal'd with blood, Must ever be the same.
7 His cov❜nant will my soul defend,
Should nature's self expire:
And the great Judge of all descend
In awful flames of fire.
8 And can my soul with hopes like these,
Be sullen, or repine?
No, gracious God, take what thou please, I'll cheerfully resign.
HYMN 50. First Part. L. M.
Give us this day our daily bread.
OST gracious Father, God of all,
To thee we come, on thee we call,
By whom both man and beast are fed :-
Give us this day our daily bread.
2 All our supplies on thee depend;
Whate'er we want, in mercy send
Thou art the glorious fountain-head,
Give us this day our daily bread.
3 Nothing, O Lord, do we deserve;
The thought of merit we would dread
'Tis as an alms alone we crave,
Give us this day our daily bread
4 Forgiving grace do thou impart
To cheer and sanctify each heart;
May we in death join with our Head,
And feed on Christ the living bread.
HYMN 50. Second Part. L. M.
Father, feed and bring us safely home!
HRO' all the various shifting scene
Of life's mistaken ill or good.;
Thy hand, O God, conducts unseen
The beautiful vicissitude.
2 Thou givest with paternal care,
Howe'er unjustly we complain,
To each their necessary share
Of joy and sorrow, health and pain.
3 Trust we to youth, or friends or pow'r,
Fix we on this terrestrial ball?
When most secure, the coming hour,
If thou see fit, may blast them all.
4 When lowest sunk with grief and shame,
Fill'd with affliction's bitter cup,
Lost to relations, friends and fame,
Thy pow'rful hand can raise us up.
5 Thy pow'rful consolations cheer,
Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd sigh;
Thy hand can dry the trickling tear,
That secret wets the orphan's eye.
6 Thus far sustain'd, and cloth'd and fed,
Thro' life's tumultuous scenes we've come;
Give us this day our daily bread,
And lead, and bring us safely home.
Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
1LORD, at thy feet we sinners lie, And knock at mercy's door;
With heavy heart and downcast eye,
Thy favour we implore.
2 In deep distress we seek thy face
Forgiveness to receive;
We trust our souls are taught thro' grace,
Our debtors to forgive.
3 'Tis pardon, pardon we implore,
O let thy bowels move!
Thy grace is an exhaustless store,
And thou thyself art love.
4 O! for thine own, for Jesus' sake,
Our many sins forgive;
Thy grace our rocky hearts can break,
And breaking soon relieve.
5 Mercy, good Lord, mercy we plead,
This is the total sum;
Mercy, thro' Christ, mercy we need ;
Lord, let thy mercy come.
HYMN 52. First Part. L. M.
Temptations.
1HUS far my God has led me on,
Tand made his truth and
And made his truth and mercy known
My hopes and fears alternate rise,
And comforts mingle with my sighs.
2 Thro' this wide wilderness I roam,
Far distant from my blissful home;
Lord, let thy presence be my stay,
And guard me in this dang'rous way.
3 Temptations ev'ry where annoy,
And sins and snares my peace destro
My earthly joys are from me torn.
And oft an absent God I mourn.
4 My soul with various tempests to
Her hopes o'erturn'd, her projects
Sees ev'ry day new straits attend, And wonders where the scene will end. 5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road, Which leads us to the mount of God? Are these the toils thy people know, While in the wilderness below? 6 'Tis even so, thy faithful love Doth all thy children's graces prove; "Tis thus our pride and self must fall, That Jesus may be all in all.
HYMN 52. Second Part. C. M.
1 EACH us, O Lord, aright to plead
TEACH
For mercies from above:
O! come, and bless our souls indeed,
With light, and joy, and love.
2 The gospel's promis'd land is wide,
We fain would enter in ;
But we are press'd on ev'ry side,
With unbelief and sin.
3 Arise, O Lord, enlarge our coast,
Let us possess the whole;
That Satan may no longer boast,
He can thy work control.
4 O! may thy hand be with us still,
Our guide and guardian be;
To keep us safe from ev'ry ill,
Till death shall set us free.
5 Help us on thee to cast our care,
And on thy word to rest;
That Israel's God, who heareth prayer,
Will grant us our request..
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