2 There, says the Saviour, will I be
Amid that little company;

To them unveil My smiling face,
And shed My glories round the place.

3 We meet at Thy command, dear Lord.
Relying on Thy faithful word:

Now send Thy Spirit from above,
And fill our hearts with heavenly love.

210.

“Wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”

1 WATCHED by the world's malignant eye, That loads us with reproach and shame,

As servants of the Lord Most High,
As zealous for His glorious Name,—
How ought we in His paths to move,
With holy fear and humble love!
2 That wisdom, Lord! on us bestow,
From every evil to depart;
To stop the mouth of every foe,

While, upright both in life and heart, The fruits of godly fear we give,

And shew them how the Christians live.

211.“ That with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men." 1 Pet, ii. 15. c. M.

1 SINCE we must here with sinners dwell, Who dare Thy truth oppose,

Help us, O God! by doing well,
To silence all our foes.

2 Within our minds inscribe Thy law :
Direct us in Thy way:

Our souls to swift obedience draw,
And guard us lest we stray.

3 Let prudence, tenderness, and love
Through all our actions shine:
Thus shall our conversation prove
Our faith and hope divine.

4 And thus shall they be put to shame,
Who dare reproach Thy cause:
Sinners shall learn to fear Thy name,
And love Thy holy laws.

212.

"No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." Psalm lxxxiv. 11. C. M.

1 ETERNAL God! we look to Thee;
To Thee for help we fly:

Thine eye alone our wants can see;
Thy hand alone supply.

2 Lord! let Thy fear within us dwell;
Thy love our footsteps guide:
That love will all vain love expel;
That fear, all fear beside.

3 Not what we wish, but what we want,
Oh! let Thy grace supply.

The good, unasked, in mercy grant :
The ill, though asked, deny.

213.

"Thou leddest thy people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron." Psal. lxxvii. 20.

1 CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and Guide Of all who seek the land above!

Beneath Thy shadow we abide,

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The cloud of Thy protecting love;
Our strength, Thy grace: our rule, Thy
Our end, the glory of the Lord. [word;

2 By Thine unerring Spirit led,

We shall not in the desert stray;
Our table by Thy bounty spread,
Our wants supplied from day to day;
As far from danger as from fear,
While Love, almighty Love, is near.

214.

"And confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims
on the earth." Heb. xi. 13.
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1 THUS far on life's perplexing path, Thus far, Thou, Lord, our steps hast led : Snatched from the world's pursuing wrath, Unharmed, though floods hung o'er our head;

Like ransomed Israel on the shore, Here then we pause, look back, adore. 2 Strangers and pilgrims here below, Like all our fathers in their day, We to the land of promise go,

Lord! by Thine own appointed way: Still guide, illumine, cheer our flight, In cloud by day, in fire by night.

3 Safety Thy presence is, and rest,
While, as the eagle, o'er her brood,
Flutters her pinions, stirs the nest,

Covers, defends, provides them food,
Bears on her wings, instructs to fly,-
Thy love prepares us for the sky.
4 Protect us through the wilderness,

From fiery serpent, plague, and foe; With bread from heaven Thy people bless, And living streams where'er we go; Nor let our rebel-hearts repine, Or follow any voice but Thine.

5 Thy holy law to us proclaim,

But not from Sinai's top alone. Hid in the rock-cleft, be Thy name, Thy power, and all Thy goodness shown; And may we never bow the knee To worship any God but Thee.

6 When we have numbered all our years,,

And stand, at length, on Jordan's brink, Though the flesh fail with mortal fears, Oh, let not then the spirit sink;

But, strong in faith, and hope, and love, Plunge through the stream to rise above. 215. "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one

to come." Heb. xiii. 14.

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1 LEADER of faithful souls, and Guide
Of all who travel to the sky!
Come, and with us, even us, abide,
Who would on Thee alone rely:
On Thee alone our spirits stay,
While held in life's uneven way.

2 Strangers and pilgrims here below,
This earth, we know, is not our place;
But hasten through this vale of wo,
And, restless to behold Thy face,
Swift to our heavenly country move,
Our everlasting home above.

3 We've no abiding city here,
But seek a city out of sight:
Thither our steady course we steer,
Aspiring to the plains of light;
Jerusalem, the saint's abode,
Whose founder is the living God.

4 Patient the appointed race to run,
This weary world we cast behind:
From strength to strength we travel on,
The New Jerusalem to find;
Our labour this, our only aim,
To find the New Jerusalem.

5 Through Thee, who all our sins hast borne,
Freely and graciously forgiven,
With songs to Zion we return,
Contending for our native heaven :
That palace of our glorious King,
We find it nearer while we sing.

6 Raised by the breath of love divine,
We tread the way the saints have trod :
The church of the first-born to join,

We travel to the mount of God;
With joy upon our heads arise,
And meet our Captain in the skies.

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