-5 When strong temptations fright my heart, Or lure my feet aside;

o My God, thy powerful aid impartMy guardian and my guide.

-6 Still keep me in thy heavenly way, And bid the tempter flee;

-And never let me go astray

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From happiness and thee.

HYMN 60. 8, 7 & 4. Helmsley. [*]
Hope encouraged. Ps. xlii, 5.

Steele.

MY soul, what means this sadness?
Wherefore art thou thus cast down?

o Let thy griefs be turn'd to gladness;
Bid thy restless fears be gone :
Look to Jesus,

And rejoice in his dear name.

-2 What though Satan's strong temptations
Vex and grieve thee, day by day;
And thy sinful inclinations

Often fill thee with dismay;

Thou shalt conquer

Through the Lamb's redeeming blood. -3 Though ten thousand ills beset thee, From without and from within;

o Jesus saith he'll ne'er forget thee, But will save from hell and sin:

He is faithful

To perform his gracious word.

-4 Though distresses now attend thee, And thou tread'st the thorny road; o His right hand shall still defend thee; Soon he'll bring thee home to God! Therefore praise him

Praise the great Redeemer's name. -5 Oh, that I could now adore him, Like the heavenly host above,

o Who for ever bow before him, And unceasing sing his love! Happy songsters!

When shall I your chorus join?

Fawcett.

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HYMN 61. C. M. Bedford. [*]
Lively Hope and gracious Fear.
WAS a grov'ling creature once,
And basely cleav'd to earth;

I wanted spirit to renounce

The clod that gave me birth.

-2 But God has breath'd upon a worm, And sent me from above,

Wings, such as clothe an angel's form,—
The wings of joy and love.
o 3 With these, to Pisgah's top I fly,
And there delighted stand;
To view, beneath a shining sky,
The spacious, promis'd land.

o 4 The Lord of all the vast domain
Has promis'd it to me ;-

The length and breadth of all the plain,
As far as faith can see.

-5 How glorious is my privilege!
To thee for help I call;

e I stand upon a mountain's edge, O save me, lest I fall!

-6 Though much exalted in the Lord, My strength is not my own;

• Then let me tremble at his word, And none shall cast me down.

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Cowper.

HYMN 62. L. P. M. Sheffield. [*]

JES

Assurance. Jer. xxxi, 3.

ESUS, I know, hath died for me, This is my hope, my joy, my rest! Hither, when hell assails, I flee,

And look into my Saviour's breast: o Away, sad doubts, and anxious feare Mercy is all that's written there.

2 Though waves and storms go o'er my head, e Though strength, and health, and friends, be Though joys be wither'd all, and dead, [gone; And every comfort be withdrawn:

g Steadfast on this my soul reliesFather, thy mercy never dies.

-3 Fix'd on this rock will I remain,
e When heart shall fail, and flesh decay;-
g A rock which shall my soul sustain,
When earth's foundations melt away!
s Mercy's full power I then shall prove,
Lov'd with an everlasting love!

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Lyndall.

HYMN 63. L. M. Psalm 97th. [b]
Christ, the Believer's Ark. 1 Pet. iii, 20, 21.

TH

HE deluge, at the Almighty's call, In what impetuous streams it fell! Swallow'd the mountains in its rage, And swept a guilty world to hell. 2 In vain the tallest sons of pride Fled from the close pursuing wave; Nor could their mightiest towers defend, Nor swiftness 'scape, nor courage save. e 3 How dire the wreck! how loud the roar! How shrill the universal cry

Of millions in the last despairRe-echo'd from the low'ring sky. e 4 Yet Noah, humble, happy saint, Surrounded with the chosen few, Sat in his ark, secure from fear,

And sang the grace that steer'd him through. o 5 So may I sing, in Jesus safe,

While storms of vengeance round me fall;
Conscious how high my hopes are fix'd,
Beyond what shakes this earthly ball.
-6 Enter thine ark, while patience waits,
Nor ever quit that sure retreat;

o Then the wide flood that buries earth,
Shall waft thee to a fairer seat.

87 Nor wreck nor ruin there is seen;
There not a wave of trouble rolls;
But the bright rainbow round the throne,
Seals endless life to all their souls. Doddridge.

HYMN 64. 8 & 7. Emmaus. [*]

Christ, a Friend closer than a Brother. Prov. xviii, 24.

1ONE there is, above all others,

Well deserves the name of Friend;

His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end:

They who once his kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love.

e 2 Which of all our friends, to save us

Could, or would have shed their blood?

o But our Jesus died to have us,
Reconcil'd in him to God:

This is boundless love indeed!
Jesus is a friend in need.

e 3 When he liv'd on earth abased,
Friend of sinners was his name;
-Now above all glory raised,
He rejoices in the same:

Still he calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.
e 4 Oh for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love;
We, alas! forget too often,

What a Friend we have above:
But when home our souls are brought,
We will love thee as we ought.

Newton.

HYMN 65. C. M. St. Ann's. Mear. [b]

Manna, or Daily Supply. Exod. xvi, 18.

1 MAN

ANNA to Israel well supply'd
The want of other bread;

While God is able to provide,
His people will be fed.

2 Of his kind care, how sweet a proof!
It suited every taste:

Who gather'd most had just enough,
Enough who gather'd least.

o 3 'Tis still our gracious Lord provides,
Our comforts and our cares;

His own unerring hand provides,
And gives us each our shares.

e 4 He knows how much the weak can bear, And helps them when they cry;

o The strongest have no strength to spare, For such he'll strongly try.

-5 Daily they saw the manna come,
And cover all the ground;

But what they try'd to keep at home,
Corrupted soon was found.

e 6 Vain their attempts to store it up; This was to tempt the Lord:

o Israel must live by faith and hope,
And not upon a hoard.

HYMN 66. C. M. York. [*]
Joys of Saints. Neh. ix, 10.

1 JOY is a fruit that will not grow,

In nature's barren soil;

e All we can boast, till Christ we know, Is vanity and toil.

Newton.

-2 But where the Lord has planted grace,
And made his glories known ;-

o There fruits of heavenly joy and peace
Are found-and there alone.
e 3 A bleeding Saviour seen by faith,
A sense of pard'ning love,—
o A hope that triumphs over death,
Gives joys like those above.

-4 To take a glimpse within the vail,
To know that God is mine-

o Are springs of joy that never fail, Unspeakable, divine!

-5 These are the joys which satisfy, And sanctify the mind;

o Which make the spirit mount on high, And leave the world behind.

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HYMN 67. C. M. Hymn 2d. [*]
Walking with God. Gen. v, 24.

Newton.

OH! for a closer walk with God,

A calm and heavenly frame;
And light to shine upon the road,
That leads me to the Lamb!

e 2 Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
Of Jesus, and his word?

-3 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their mem❜ry still!

e But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill.