His Spirit stirr❜d me up to pray, 3 The object of his kindest care But did himself my weakness bear, He bore me up, from earth he bore The Spirit of redeeming grace And saw as my Redeemer smil'd, L. M. 86. Consolatory Reflections on Providence. • "TIS wisdom, merey, love divine, Which mingles blessings with our cares; And shall our thankless heart repine 2 From diffidence our sorrows flow, Should heaven with every wish comply, 4 Were once our vain desires subdu❜d, C. M. 87. Praise for the Blessings of Providence and Grace, Psalm cxxxix. 1 ALMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord, Thy mercies let my heart record 2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame Long ere I could pronounce thy name, 3 Each rolling year new favours brought But, ah! in vain my labouring thought 4 While sweet reflection, through my days, 5 Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord! That I have known thy sacred word, 6 Lord, when this mortal frame decays, Complete the wonders of thy grace, 88. 1 YE (260.) C. M. E trembling souls! dismiss your fears; Mercy, which like a river flows 2 Fear not the pow'rs of earth and hell. 3 Fear not the want of outward good: Grant them supplies of daily food, Fear not, that he will e'er forsake, 5 Fear not the terrors of the grave, 6 You in his wisdom, pow'r, and grace, His wisdom guides, his pow'r protects, 89. FALL AND DEPRAVITY OF MAN. C. M. Corrupt Nature from Adam. 1 BLESS'D with the joys of innocence, Adam, our father, stood, Till he debas'd his soul to sense, 2 Now we are born a sensual race, And flesh enslaves the mind. 8 While flesh and sense and passion reigns, Sin is the sweetest good: We fancy music in our chains, 4 Great God, renew our ruin'd frame, C. M. 90. Original Sin; or, the first and second Adam Rom. v. 12. Psalm li. 5. Job xiv. 4. 1 BACKWARD with humble shame we look, On our original; How is our nature dash'd and broke 2 To all that's good, averse and blind, What dreadful darkness veils our mind! 3 How strong in our degenerate blood, And, mingling with the crooked flood, 4 Wild and unwholesome as the rout How can we hope for living fruit 5 What mortal power from things unclean Who can command a vital stream 6 Yet mighty God, thy wondrous love While Christ and grace prevail above 7 The second Adam shall restore Hosanna to that sovereign power 91. C. M. The Deceitfulness of Sin. 1 SIN has a thousand treacherous arts To practise on the mind; With flattering looks she tempts our hearts, 2 With names of virtue she deceives And while the heedless wretch believes, 8 She pleads for all the joy she brings, But cheats the soul of heavenly things, So on a tree divinely fair Grew the forbidden food; Our mother took the poison there, L. M.. 92. Adum and Christ, Lords of the Old and the New Creation. 1 LORD, what was man when made at first, Adam the offspring of the dust, That thou should'st set him and his race 2 That thou should'st raise his nature so, |