HYMN DXCVI.

The same.

Ps. xc. 5 and 7. Is. xxx. 33.

PART III.

1 THE

HE mighty flood that rolls along
It's torrents to the main,

The waters lost can ne'er recall,
From that abyss again.

2 The days, the years, the ages dark,
Descending down to night,
Can never, never be redeem'd,
Back to the gates of light.

3 So man departs the living scene,
To night's perpetual gloom;

The voice of morning ne'er shall break
The slumbers of the tomb.

4 Thus nature pours the wail of woe;
In answer to her cry,

Attend the voice of sovereign grace,
That whispers from the sky:

5 "When mortal man resigns his breath,
And falls a clod of clay,

The soul immortal wings it's flight,
To never-setting day.

6" Prepar'd of old for wicked men,
The bed of torment lies;

The just shall enter into bliss,
Immortal in the skies!"

LOGAN.

HYMN DXCVII.

Trust in Providence. Ps. lxx. 17, 18.

1 ALMIGHTY Father of mankind,

On thee my hopes remain;

And when the day of trouble comes,
I shall not trust in vain.

2 In early years thou wast my guide,
And of my youth the friend;
And as my days began with thee,
With thee my days shall end.

3 I know the power in whom I trust,
The arm on which I lean;

He will my Saviour ever be,
Who has my Saviour been.

4 My God, who causedst me to hope,
When life began to beat;

And when a stranger in the world,
Didst guide my wandering feet:

5 Thou wilt not cast me off, when age
And evil days descend ;

Thou wilt not leave me in despair,
To mourn my latter end:

6 Therefore, in life I'll trust to thee,
In death I will adore;

And after death will sing thy praise,
When time shall be no more.

LOGAN.

HYMN DXCVIII.

Heavenly Wisdom.

Prov. viii. 10, 11, 18-21, & 33-36.

10 HAPPY is the man, who hears

Instruction's warning voice;

And who celestial wisdom makes
His early, only choice.

2 For she has treasures greater far,
Than east or west unfold;
And her reward is more secure
Than is the gain of gold.

3 In her right hand she holds to view,
A length of happy years;

And in her left, the prize of fame
And honour bright appears.

4 She guides the young with innocence,
In pleasure's paths to tread;

A crown of glory she bestows
Upon the hoary head.

5 According as her labours rise,

So her rewards increase;

Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.

LOGAN.

HYMN DXCIX.

Latter Day Glory.

Mic. iv. 1-5.

Is. ii. 2-5.

LOGAN.

DEHOLD! the mountain of the Lord,

1 BEHO

In latter days shall rise

Above the mountains and the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this, the joyful nations round,
All tribes and tongues shall flow;
"Up to the hill of God," they'll say,
"And to his house we'll go."

3 The beam that shines on Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Zion's towers,
Shall all the world command.

4 No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,
Or mar the peaceful years;

To ploughshares soon they beat their swords,
To pruning-hooks their spears.

5 No longer hosts encountering hosts,
Their millions slain deplore;

They hang the trumpet in the hall,
And study war no more.

6 Come then-O come, from every land,
To worship at his shrine:

And walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.

HYMN DC.

The Divine Missionary. Is. xlii. 1-4.

1 BEHOLD! th' ambassador divine,
Descending from above,

To publish to mankind the law
Of everlasting love!

2 On him, in rich effusion pour'd,
The heavenly dew descends;
And truth divine he shall reveal,
To earth's remotest ends.

3 No trumpet-sound, at his approach,
Shall strike the wondering ears;

But still and gentle breathe the voice
In which the God appears.

4 By his kind hand, the shaken reed
Shall raise it's falling frame;

The dying embers shall revive,
And kindle to a flame.

The onward progress of his zeal,
Shall never know decline:

Till foreign lands, and distant isles,
Receive the law divine!

LOGAN