Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn, 4 God is thy rest; - with heart inclined С. М. 153. WATTS. Protection, Victory, and Deliverance. Psalm 91. 1 YE sons of men, a feeble race, Come, make the Lord your dwelling-place, 2 He'll give his angels charge to keep 3 "Because on me they set their love, 4 "My grace shall answer when they call; My power shall help them when they fall, 5 "Those that on earth my name have known, I 'll honor them in heaven; There my salvation shall be shown, L. M. 154. TATE & BRADY. Judah in Bondage, or Remembrance of Captivity. Psalm 137. 1 WHEN we, our weary limbs to rest, Sat down by proud Euphrates' stream, We wept, with doleful thoughts oppressed; And Zion was our mournful theme. 2 Our harps, that, when with joy we sung, Were wont their tuneful parts to bear, With silent strings neglected hung On willow-trees, that withered there. 3 Meanwhile our foes, who all conspired 4 How shall we tune our voice to sing, 5 O Salem, our once happy seat ! 6 If I to mention thee forbear, Eternal silence seize my tongue; 1 L. M. 155. SIR WALTER SCOTT. Imploring the constant Presence of God. WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out from the land of bondage came, 2 By day, along the astonished lands 3 Then rose the choral hymn of praise, 4 No portents now our foes amaze ; 5 But present still, though now unseen, 6 And, O, when stoops on Judah's path, CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY. С. М. 156. MILTON. The Kingdom of God on Earth. Psalms 85, 86. 1 THE Lord will come and not be slow; His footsteps cannot err; His royal harbinger. ; 2 Mercy and Truth, that long were missed, Now joyfully are met; Sweet Peace and Righteousness have kissed, 3 The nations all whom thou hast made 4 Truth from the earth, like to a flower, 5 Teach me, O Lord, thy way most right, To fear thy name my heart unite, 6 Thee will I praise, O Lord, my God! Thee honor and adore With my whole heart, and blaze abroad 7 For great thou art, and wonders great By thy strong hand are done ; Thou, in thy everlasting seat, С. М. 157. WESLEY. "A light to lighten the Gentiles." 1 The race that long in darkness pined 2 To hail thy rise, thou better Sun, 3 To us a child of hope is born, 4 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, 5 His power, increasing, still shall spread; |