8 And is there naught! Forbid, dear Lord!
So base a thought should e'er arise;
I'll search again, and while I search,
O may the scales fall off mine eyes!
4 'Tis done; and with transporting joy
I read the heaven-inspired lines;
There Mercy spreads its brightest beams,
And truth with dazzling lustre shines.
5 Here's heavenly food for hungry souls,
And mines of gold t' enrich the poor;
Here's healing balm for every wound,
A salve for every fest'ring sore.
Heginbotham. 23. L. M.
1 NOW let my soul, eternal King!
To thee its grateful tribute bring:
My knee with humble homage bow;
My tongue perform its solemn vow.
2 All nature sings thy boundless love,
In worlds below-and worlds above;
But in thy blessed word I trace
Diviner wonders of thy grace.
3 There what delightful truths I read !
There I behold the Saviour bleed:
His name salutes my listening ear,
Revives my heart, and checks my fear.
4 There Jesus bids my sorrow cease,
And gives my laboring conscience peace;
Raises my grateful passions high,
And points to mansions in the sky.
5 For love like this, O let my song,
To endless years, thy praise prolong;
Let distant climes thy name adore,
Till time and nature are no more.
Bible indited and preserved by the Spirit.
1 ETERNAL Spirit! 'twas thy breath
The oracles of truth inspired,
And kings, and holy seers of old
With strong prophetic impulse fired.
2 Filled with thy great almighty power,
Their lips with heavenly science flowed;
Their hands a thousand wonders wrought,
Which bore the signature of God.
3 The powers of earth, and hell, in vain
Against the sacred word combine;
Thy providence through every age
Securely guards the book divine.
4 Thee, its great author, source of light,
Thee, its preserver, we adore;
And humbly ask a ray from thee,
Its hidden wonders to explore.
1 HAIL, sacred truth! whose piercing rays
Dispel the shades of night;
Diffusing o'er the mental world
The healing beams of light.
2 Jesus, thy word, with friendly aid,
Restores our wandering feet;
Converts the sorrows of the mind
To joys divinely sweet.
3 Oh! send thy light and truth abroad,
In all their radiant blaze;
And bid th' admiring world adore
The glories of thy grace.
4 This lamp, through all the tedious night
Of life, shall guide our way;
Till we behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day.
26. 11. 10.
The infant Saviour. Luke ii. 12.
1 BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid.
2 Cold, on his cradle, the dew-drops are shining,
Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him, in slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Eden and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?
4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation;
Vainly with gifts would his favor secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
1 HARK!-the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
Men to God are reconciled."
2 Mild, he lays his glory by ;
Born, that man no more may die;
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies.
3 "Glory to the new-born King"-
Let us all the anthem sing-
"Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Men to God are reconciled.
1 THE Saviour! O what endless charms
Dwell in the blissful sound!
Its influence every fear disarms,
And spreads sweet comfort round.
2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine,
In rich effusion flow;
For guilty rebels lost in sin,
And doomed to endless woe.
3 Th' almighty former of the skies
Stooped to our vile abode;
While angels viewed, with wond'ring eyes.
And hailed th' incarnate God.
4 O the rich depths of love divine,
Of bliss a boundless store!
Dear Saviour, let me call thee mine;
I cannot wish for more!
5 On thee alone my hope relies,
Beneath thy cross I fall;
My Lord, my life, my sacrifice,
My Saviour, and my ALL!
Sun of Righteousness. Mal. iv. 2.
1 GREAT Sun of righteousness arise,
And chase the darkness from mine eyes;
Now let thy beams of glory shine,
And fill my soul with light divine.
2 While in this world of sin I dwell,
Defend me from the powers of hell;
Be thou a sun and shield to me,
Till I shall dwell, my God, with thee.
Loving kindness. Isa. lxiii. 7.
1 AWAKE, my soul, to joyful lays,
And sing the great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving kindness, Oh, how free!
2 He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me, notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate,
His loving kindness, Oh, how great!
3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving kindness, Oh, how strong!
4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick, and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving kindness, Oh, how good!
5 Often I feel my sinful heart,
Prone from my Jesus to depart;
But though I have him oft forgot,
His loving kindness changes not.
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