3 To things unseen by mortal eyes, Directs his view; his prospects rise 4 His hopes, still fixed on joys to come,- 199. L. M. Meekness. Mrs. Steele. 1 HAPPY the meek, whose gentle breast, 2 His heart no broken friendships sting, 3 Spirit of grace, all meek and mild! 200. L. M. Scott. The Character and Happiness of Christians. Mat. v. 3-12. 1 HAPPY the unrepining poor; For them the heavenly rest is sure, 2 Happy the contrite, who lament 3 Happy the meek, by wisdom taught 4 Happy the souls that grow in grace, Hunger and thirst for righteousness; For them a full and rich supply Shall be prepared in worlds on high. 5 Happy the men who mercy show 6 Happy the pure in heart; for they When faith and hope are changed to sight, Shall see their God in cloudless light. 7 Happy the men of peaceful life, 8 And happy those who take the cross, 201. c. M. The Mission of Christ. Luke iv. 18, 19. 1 HARK! the glad sound! the Saviour comes, 2 On him the spirit, largely poured, Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 3 He comes the prisoners to release, The gates of brass before him burst, 4 He comes, from thickest films of vice And on the eye-balls of the blind, 5 He comes, the broken heart to bind, 6 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace! And heaven's eternal arches ring Doddridge. 202. 7 & 6 M. "All nations shall call him blessed." Ps. lxxii. HAIL to the Lord's anointed, Great David's greater Son 2 He shall come down like showers His kingdom still increasing, 4 For he shall have dominion Or dove's light wing can soar. The tide of time shall never His covenant remove; His name shall stand forever; Montgomery. 203. 8 & 7 s. M. The future Peace and Glory of the Church. Isa. lx. 15-20. 1 HEAR what God, the Lord, hath spoken: 'O my people! faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken; Fair abodes I build for you: There, like streams that feed the garden, 2 There, in undisturbed possession, God will rise, and shining o'er you, 204. c. M. Cowper, alt'd. 'Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord.' Rev. xiv. 13. 1 HEAR What the voice from heaven proclaims For all the pious dead : Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their dying bed. 2 They sleep in Jesus, and are blessed : From sufferings and from sins released, 3 Far from this world of toil and strife, The labours of their mortal life |