634.

L. M.

The Same.

MONTGOMERY.

1 GOD is our refuge and defence, In trouble our unfailing aid; Secure in his omnipotence,

What foe can make our soul afraid?

2 Yea, though the earth's foundations rock, And mountains down the gulf be hurled, His people smile amid the shock,

They look beyond this transient world.

3 There is a river pure and bright,

Whose streams make glad the heavenly plains; Where, in eternity of light,

The city of our God remains.

4 Built by the word of his command,
With his unclouded presence blessed,
Firm as his throne the bulwarks stand;
There is our home, our hope, our rest.

Trust amid the Severities of God.

1 THOU Power supreme, whose mighty scheme
These woes of mine fulfil,

Here, firm, I rest; they must be best,
Because they are thy will.

2 Then all I want,-O do thou grant
This one request of mine,-
Since to enjoy thou dost deny,
Assist me to resign.

412

636.

637.

RELIGIOUS EXULTATION.

7s. & 6s. M.

Confidence in God. Ps. 27.

MONTGOMERY.

1 God is my strong salvation;
What foe have I to fear?
In darkness and temptation
My Light, my Help, is near.
Though hosts encamp around me,
Firm to the fight I stand;
What terror can confound me
With God at my right hand?

2 Place on the Lord reliance;
My soul, with courage wait;
His truth be thine affiance,
When faint and desolate;
His might thine heart shall strengthen;
His love thy joy increase ;'
Mercy thy days shall lengthen;
The Lord will give thee peace.

S. M.

Reliance on God.

1 GIVE to the winds thy fears;

Hope and be undismayed;

MORAVIAN.

God hears thy sighs, God counts thy tears;
God shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves, through clouds and storms,
He gently clears thy way;

Wait thou his time, so shall the night
Soon end in joyous day. ·

3 He everywhere hath rule,
And all things serve his might;
His every act pure blessing is,
His path unsullied light.

4 Thou seest our weakness, Lord,
Our hearts are known to thee:
O, lift thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee!

5 Let us, in life or death,
Boldly thy truth declare;

And publish, with our latest breath,
Thy love and guardian care.

638.

L. M.

DODDRIDGE

Praising God in Life and in Death.

1 GOD of my life! through all its days

My grateful powers shall sound thy praise;
The song shall wake with opening light,
And warble to the silent night..

2 When anxious cares would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

3 But, 0, when that last conflict 's o'er,
And I am chained to flesh no more;
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!

4 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains
Which echo o'er the heavenly plains;
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round thy throne.

414

639.

H. M.

DODDRIDGE.

Faithfulness of God's Promise.

1 THE promises I sing,

Which sovereign love hath spoke ;
Nor will the eternal King

His words of grace revoke;

They stand secure,

Not Zion's hill

And steadfast still; Abides so sure.

2 The mountains melt away,

When once the Judge appears,
And sun and moon decay,

That measure mortal years;

But still the same,

The promise shines,
Through all the flame.

In radiant lines,

1 SALVATION! O, the joyful sound!
'Tis pleasure to our ears,

A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At death's dark door we lay;
But we arise, by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.

415

WATTS.

641.

8s. & 7s. M.

Praise from Earth and Heaven.

DUBLIN COLL.

1 PRAISE the Lord! ye heavens adore him;
Praise him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon rejoice before him;
Praise him, all ye stars of light!
Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken;
Worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
Laws which never can be broken,

For their guidance he hath made.

2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious,
Never shall his promise fail;
God hath made his saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail :
Praise the God of our salvation,
Hosts on high his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name!

C. M.

Experience of God's Grace."

WATTS.

1 WHEN God revealed his gracious name,
And changed my mournful state,
My rapture seemed a pleasing dream,
The grace appeared so great.

2 The world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess;

My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace.

3 The Lord can clear the darkest skies,
Can give us day for night;

Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.

642.