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.

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Page.

22:14...... 552

Page.

Page

Isaiah 51:9..... 618 Luke 19:41..... 660

55:7......... 576

60:15-20.... 617

65:23...

24:56........ 692 Jeremiah 23:6..

Exodus 15...... 553 23:29..... 581

607

John 6:53-56.. 611

562

6:67-69..... 535

14:6......... 668

16:18........ 546

17: 15........ 552
34:6-8...... 507

Deut. 33: 27.... 559
Judges 6:24.... 554
Ruth 1: 16...... 691
1 Samuel 3:18.. 550
7: 12..... 556

1 Chron. 29:14. 623
2 Chron. 15:15. 600
Nehemiah 5:19. 713
9:10.... .. 547
Esther 4:16.... 529
Job 19:25-27.. 764
29:2...
537
Psalms 2:8..... 730
6:4.....

Romans 1:17... 532
14:8....

34:3..
48:35..
Daniel 2: 45.... 619
4:27....
..... 575
Hosea 6: 4...... 536
Joel 1: 14....... 591
Micah 6:1-3.. 592
Nahum 1:7..... 505
Hab. 3:17, 18.. 565 2 Cor. 2:15, 16. 596
Zechariah 1:5.. 749

577

690

3:67...
13: 1....
Mal. 3:16, 17.. 580
Matthew 6:33.. 677
11:28....
11:28, 30.686,

595

667

688, 689
12:20... 608
13:3....... 587

17: 4......... 514
18:20..... 745
25: 40...
.... 625
26:36-45.... 515

1

633

Galatians 5: 17. 541
Ephesians 2:8.. 532
4:11, 12...... 597
Philippians 1:23 644
4:4.......... 523
4:11......... 551

1 Thess. 4:13.. 648
Hebrews 4:2.... 508
4:15......... 712
7:25......... 525
9:27......... 643

11: 13........ 533
13: 14........ 703
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.......

545

3:1-6....... 604

Solomon's Song

625

3:7-13...... 604

521 Luke 2:8-14... 510

3:14-20..... 605

3:11.....

HYMNS

SELECTED

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.

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HYMN 1. L. M.

Old Hundred. [*]

Being of God. Ps. civ.

HERE is a God-all nature speaks,

Through earth, and air, and sea, 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,
Y 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;

• 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.

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.

1

E

Mitcham.

God the Creator.

STEELE

Arundel. [*]

TERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise,
Thee the creation sings;

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

g 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;
e 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.

a 1 KEEP silence-all created things,

And wait your Maker's nod;

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

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.

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.
ATTEND, my soul, the voice divine,

And mark what beaming glories shine
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
e 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.

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DODDRIDGE.

HYMN 6. C. M. Colchester. [*]
Adam; or, The Fall of Man. Gen. iii.

N man, in his own image made,
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.

• 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

ISR

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.