YEAR, close of, 640; new,
638, 748.

Youth, advised, 608; death of,
647; prayer for, 609.
ZEAL, false and true, 535.

Zion, afflicted, 601; glorious
things spoken of, 616; high-
way to, 615; prayer for, 617;
restoration of, 622, 726, 728.
See Church.

18:23-32.... 591
22:14....... 552
24:56..... 692
Exodus 15...... 553

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Page.

Page.

Page.

Genesis 3....... 508 Isaiah 51:9..... 618 Luke 19:41..... 660

5:24......... 547 55:7........ 576

65: 23...
Jeremiah 23:6..
23:29..... 581

19: 41, 42.... 514
22:19..

6:67-69... 535
14:6.....

60:15-20.... 617

664

607

John 6:53-56.. 611

562

668

Judges 6:24.... 554
Ruth 1: 16...... 691
1 Samuel 3:18.. 550
7:12...

556

623

600

Daniel 2: 45....
4:27..
17:30.
Hosea 6: 4...... 536 Romans 1:17... 532
Joel 1: 14... 591 14:8.
Micah 6:1-3.. 592 1 Cor. 15:52–
Nahum 1:7..... 505

2:32-36..... 519

682

Hab. 3:17, 18.. 565 2 Cor. 2:15, 16. 596

1 Chron. 29: 14.
2 Chron. 15: 15.
Nehemiah 5: 19. 713
9: 10......... 547 Zechariah 1:5.. 749
Esther 4:16.... 529
Job 19:25-27.. 764 13: 1..... 667
29:2..
537 Mal. 3:16, 17.. 580
Psalms 2:8..... 730 Matthew 6:33.. 677

26:38-44.... 661 1 Peter 2: 7..... 670
26:41...... 705 3:20, 21..... 545
28:2.
520 2 Peter 1:1..... 532
28:6.....518, 664 1 John 3: 1..... 568
Mark 8:38..536, 550 4: 10......... 695
10: 14..... 606 Rev. 2:1-7.... 602
10:43....... 578 2:8-11...... 603
10:47, 48.... 695
25: 40...

SELECTED

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.

HYMN 1. L. M.

Old Hundred. [*]

Being of God. Ps. civ.

e 1 HERE is a God-all nature speaks,

T Through earth, and nature and skies;

• See, from the clouds his glory breaks,
When the first beams of morning rise!
-2 The rising sun, serenely bright,
O'er the wide world's extended frame,
Inscribes, in characters of light,
His mighty Maker's glorious name.
o 3 The flowery tribes all blooming rise,
Above the weak attempts of art;

e The smallest worms, the meanest flies,
Speak sweet conviction to the heart.
-4 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,
And trace creation's wonders o'er,
e Confess the footsteps of the God ;-
a Bow down before him-and adore.

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HYMN 2. C. M.

STEELE.

Tunbridge. [b *]

Goodness of God. Nahum i. 7.
E humble souls, approach your God,
With songs of sacred praise;

For he is good, immensely good,

And kind are all his ways.

2 All nature owns his guardian care; In him we live and move;

o But nobler benefits declare

The wonders of his love.

e 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms;

"Tis here he makes his goodness known, In its divinest forms.

e 4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ; 'Tis here our hope relies:

• A safe defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise.

-5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard,
The souls who trust in thee;
Their humble hope thou wilt reward,
With bliss divinely free.

o 6 Great God, to thy almighty love
What honours shall we raise?
Not all the raptured songs above
Can render equal praise.

HYMN 3. C. M. Mitcham.

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God the Creator.

STEELE.

Arundel. [*]

1ETERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise,

Thee the creation sings;

With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas,
And heaven's high palace rings.

2 Thy hand,-how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!

-Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,
And starred with sparkling gold.

3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,

Through skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.

g 4 Infinite strength, and equal skill,
Shine through the worlds abroad;
Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder-God.
-5 But still the wonders of thy grace

e

Our softer passions move;

Pity divine in Jesus' face,

We see, adore, and love.

WATTS.

HYMN 4. C. M. Bedford. [*]
Sovereignty and Dominion of GOD. 2 not

EEP silence-all created things,
And wait your Maker's nod;

My soul stands trembling while she sings
The honours of her God.

June 15-1645

e 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown,

Hang on his firm decree;

He sits on no precarious throne,

Nor borrows leave-TO BE.

3 Chained to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men;

With every angel's form and size,
Drawn by th' eternal pen.

4 His providence unfolds the book,
And makes his counsels shine;
Each opening leaf, and every stroke,
Fulfills some deep design.

5. (Here he exalts neglected worms,
To sceptres and a crown;

And there, the following page he turns,
And treads the monarch down.

6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why,
Nor God the reason gives;
Nor dares the favourite angel pry
Between the folded leaves.)

e 7 My God, I would not long to see
My fate, with curious eyes;
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.

-8 In thy fair book of life and grace,

O may I find my name,

Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord-the Lamb.

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WATTS.

HYMN 5. L. P. M. St. Helen's. [*]
GOD's Name proclaimed. Ex. xxxiv. 6—8.

And mark what beaming glories shine

TTEND, my soul, the voice divine,

Around thy condescending God!
To us-to us, he still proclaims,
e His awful, his endearing names;
Attend, and sound them all abroad

d 2" Jehovah I, the sovereign Lord,
"The mighty God, by heaven adored,
"Down to the earth my footsteps bend
My heart the tenderest pity knows,
"Goodness, full-streaming, wide o'erflows,
"And grace and truth shall never end.
3 "My patience long can crimes endure,
"My pardoning love is ever sure,

"When penitential sorrow mourns;
"To millions, through unnumbered years,
"New hope and new delight it bears;

"Yet wrath against the sinner burns."

o 4 Make haste, my soul, the vision meet,
e All prostrate at thy Sovereign's feet,
And drink the tuneful accents in:
o Speak on, my Lord, repeat the voice,
Diffuse these heart-expanding joys,
Till heaven repeat the rapturous scene.

DODDRIDGE.

HYMN 6. C. M. Colchester. [*]
Adam; or, The Fall of Man. Gen. iii.
man, in his own image made,

10 How much did God bestow!

The whole creation homage paid,
And owned him lord below.

o 2 He dwelt in Eden's garden, stored
With sweets for every sense;

And there, with his descending Lord,
He walked in confidence.

e 3 But oh! by sin how quickly changed!
His honour forfeited;

His heart, from God and truth estranged,
His conscience, filled with dread.

-4 Now from his Maker's voice he flies,
Which was before his joy:

And thinks to hide amidst the trees,
From an all-seeing eye.

5 Compelled to answer to his name,-
With stubbornness and pride,

He cast on God himself the blame,
Nor once for mercy cried.

o 6 But grace, unasked, his heart subdued,

And all his guilt forgave:

By faith the promised SEED he viewed,
And felt the power to save.

NEWTON.

HYMN 7. H. M. Allerton. [*]

Types of the Messiah. Heb. iv. 2.

SRAEL in ancient days

Not only had a view

Of Sinai in a blaze,

But learned the gospel too:

The types and figures were a glass,

In which they saw the Saviour's face.