3 Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing Forth from the throne of God, living and pure; Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure. L. M. 222. "Lo, it is I: be not afraid." SIR J. E. SMITH. 1 WHEN power divine, in mortal form, 2 So, when in silence nature sleeps, 3 Blest be the voice that breathes from heaven When love, and joy, and hope are fled,- 4 God calms the tumult and the storm; Of those who know, or know him not. 5 And when the last dread hour shall come, L. M. 223. J. SCOTT. Christian Privileges and Obligations. 1 How many millions draw their breath While God allots my share of time 2 Shall I receive this grace in vain? 3 My soul! I charge thee to excel 4 Heighten the force of good desire; The world's seducing vanities. 5 Strong and more strong, thy passions rule, H. M. 224. Efficacy of the Gospel. DODDRIDGE. 1 MARK the soft-falling snow, To heaven, from whence it fell, But waters earth 2 Arrayed in beauteous green, 3 The copious seed Of future years. "So," saith the God of grace, The purpose I intend; 8 & 7s. M. Shall feel its power, And bear it down To millions more." 225. The Glory of the Redeemed. COWPER. 1 HEAR What God the Lord hath spoken: "O my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you; Shall no more perplex your ways; You shall name your walls Salvation, And your gates shall all be praise. 2 3 "There, like streams that feed the garden, "Ye no more your suns descending, God shall rise, and, shining o'er ye, 1 SALVATION! O the joyful sound! 2 Salvation! Let the echo fly H. M. 227. DODDRIDGE. The Wilderness transformed. Is. xli. 18, 19. 1 AMAZING, beauteous change! My thoughts with transport range, The work is thine; 2 See crystal fountains play And o'er the meads Its carpet spreads Of living green. 3 Where pointed brambles grew, Gay flowers, for ever new, And lily there In union fair Their sweets disclose. 4 Where the bleak mountain stood, See the wide-branching wood Tall cedars nod, And oaks and pines, 5 The tyrants of the plain Their savage chase give o'er; |