And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, The dying thief rejoiced to see Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood Till all the ransom'd church of God E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Then in a nobler, sweeter song I'll sing Thy power to save; When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave. Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared (Unworthy though I be) For me a blood-bought free reward, A golden harp for me; 'Tis strung, and tuned, for endless years, And form'd by power divine; To sound in God the Father's ears No other name but Thine. Light in Darkness. God moves in a mysterious way He plants His footsteps in the sea, Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up His bright designs, And works His sovereign will. COWPER. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, Ilis purposes will ripen fast, The bud may have a bitter taste, Blind unbelief is sure to err, 417 INDEX. ABRAHAM, The God of, 412; The Offering of Isaac, 82, 254. Adam, Thomas, 244, 287. Anger, Antidotes to, 175. Atterbury, 147. Derham, 14. Diary of Dr John Rutty, 339. Dodd, Dr, 189. Dreams and Visions, 150. Duncan's "God in Disease," 20. Dying (The) Christian to his Soul EARTH, The Placing of the, 12. Evening Hymn, 393. Evidence, The Christian, 32. FAITH, Assured, 401. Farewell by Whitefield, 260. Flattery and Detraction, 290. GADSBY'S "Hymn-writers," 399. Gaskell's (Mrs)" Life of C. Bronté," Generation, Spontaneous, 7. Gibbon, Edward, 48, 297. God resisteth the Proud, 275; "God Grimshaw, 245. Guthrie's Edition of Berridge, 278. HAPPINESS, The Diffusion of, 26. Hobbes of Malmesbury, 3. Horses, Romish Blessing of, 112. Hume's 66 Dialogues," 55. Hymns, 267, 390-417. ISAIAH, Sublimity of, 118. JACOB, Wrestling, 408. Johnson, Dr, 296, 337. KEITH "On Prophecy," 43. INDEX. LAITY, The Christian, of the Eigh- teenth Century, 318-360. Land of the Living, The, 369. Law, William, 296. Leighton, Archbishop, 296. Letters of Lady Russell, 293; of Rev. H. Venn, 307; of Rev. J. Life, Mystery of, 374. London, 382. Lowth, Bishop, 115. MACKINTOSH'S "Dissertation," 100. Mitford's "Life of Young," 368. More, Hannah, 341. NEWTON, Sir Isaac, 318. 419 Newton, Dr T., Bishop of Bris- OBEDIENCE, Gospel, 283. Occupation for the Opulent, 164. "Oh! for a Closer Walk with PAIN, Uses of, 29. Perronet, E., 406. Piety, Young's Lines on, 371. Poetry of Eighteenth Century, 361. Porteus, Bishop, 212. Prayers by Dr Johnson, 338. Prior, Matthew, 361. Prodigal Son, The, 184. Prophecy, Fulfilment of, 43. Prophetic Inspiration, Periods of, 319. Prospective Contrivances, 23. Psalms, The Book of, 305. RAINBOW about the Throne, The, 153. Redeemer, The Risen, 94. Restitution of All Things, The, 387. Rock of Ages, The, 402. SCEPTICISM, Dialogue on, 54. |