3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain! 4 0 could our thoughts and wishes fly To those bright worlds beyond the sky, 5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes, 6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing, To those bright scenes where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies. 1 COME, Lord, and warm each languid heart, 2 Sorrow, and pain, and ev'ry care, 3 The soul from sin for ever free, 4 There, on a throne (how dazzling bright!) And beams ineffable delight On all the heav'nly minds. 5 There shall the foll'wers of the Lamb And endless honours to his name 8 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love, Till, in thy blissful courts above, We join the angelic choir. HYMN 199. 1 THERE is a land of pure delight, 2 There everlasting spring abides, 3 Bright fields, beyond the swelling flood, So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, 4 But tim'rous mortals start, and shrink 5 Oh! could we make our doubts remove, And see the Canaan that we love 6 Could we but climb where Moses stood, (C. M.) Not Jordan's streams, not death's cold flood, 1 SHOULD nature's charms, to please the eye, All nature's charms would droop and die, 2 Vain were her fairest beams display'd, Her brightness languishes to shade, 3 But, ah! how far from mortal sight A veil of interposing night 4 0 could my longing spirit rise 5 There thousands worship at thy feet, The triumphs of thy love repeat 6 Thy presence beams eternal day Who would not drop this load of clay, HYMN 201. Revelation vii. 9, &c, 1 WHO are these in bright array? Through their great Redeemer's might 3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, XIV. (IIL L) MISCELLANEOUS. HYMN 202. Genesis xxviii. 20, 21. 1 GOD of our fathers! by whose hand Be with us through our pilgrimage; 2 Through each perplexing path of life 3 O spread thy shelt'ring wings around, C. M., And, at our Father's lov'd abode Our souls arrive in peace. 4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand And thou, the Lord, shalt be our God, HYMN 203. 1 Chronicles xxix. 10—13. 1 BLESS’D be thou, the God of Israel, Thou, our Father, and our Lord! Bless'd thy majesty for ever! Ever be thy name ador'd! 2 Thine, O Lord, are pow'r and greatness, 3 Riches come of thee, and honour; 4 Lord our God! for these, thy bounties, To thy Name, for ever glorious, HYMN 204. Proverbs iii. 13—17. 1 OH! happy is the man who hears And who celestial wisdom makes 2 For she has treasures greater far- 3 Her right hand offers to the just 4 And, as her holy labours rise, Her ways are ways of pleasantness, (III. 3.) (C. M.) HYMN 205. Isaiah xl. 6-8. 1 THE morning flow'rs display their sweets, 2 Nipp'd by the wind's unkindly blast, The short-liv'd beauties die away. The short-liv'd beauties die away. 5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, With lustre brighter far shall shine; Revive with ever-during bloom, Safe from diseases and decline. 6 Let sickness blast, and death devour, HYMN 206. Isaiah xl. 27-31. 1 WHY mournest thou, my anxious soul, Despairing of relief, As if the Lord o'erlook'd thy cares, Or pitied not thy grief? 2 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, That firm remains on high, The everlasting throne of Him Who made the earth and sky? 3 Art thou afraid his pow'r will fail Can the Creator's mighty arm 4 Supreme in wisdom as in pow'r The rock of ages stands; Thou canst not search his mind, nor trace (L. M.) (C. M.) |